Buraimoh M Ayodele, Liu Jane Z, Sundberg Stephen B, Mott Michael P
Department of Orthopaedics, Henry Ford Hospital;2799 West Grand BLVD; Detroit, MI 48202.
Iowa Orthop J. 2017;37:211-217.
Every day surgeons call for instruments devised by surgeon trailblazers. This article aims to give an account of commonly used eponymous instruments in orthopaedic surgery, focusing on the original intent of their designers in order to inform how we use them today. We searched PubMed, the archives of longstanding medical journals, Google, the Internet Archive, and the HathiTrust Digital Library for information regarding the inventors and the developments of 7 instruments: the Steinmann pin, Bovie electrocautery, Metzenbaum scissors, Freer elevator, Cobb periosteal elevator, Kocher clamp, and Verbrugge bone holding forceps. A combination of ingenuity, necessity, circumstance and collaboration produced the inventions of the surgical tools numbered in our review. In some cases, surgical instruments were improvements of already existing technologies. The indications and applications of the orthopaedic devices have changed little. Meanwhile, instruments originally developed for other specialties have been adapted for our use. Although some argue for a transition from eponymous to descriptive terms in medicine, there is value in recognizing those who revolutionized surgical techniques and instrumentation. Through history, we have an opportunity to be inspired and to better understand our tools.
每天，外科医生都会使用由外科先驱者设计的器械。本文旨在介绍骨科手术中常用的以人名命名的器械，重点关注其设计者的初衷，以便了解我们如今是如何使用这些器械的。我们在PubMed、长期医学期刊的存档、谷歌、互联网档案馆和哈钦斯信托数字图书馆中搜索了有关7种器械发明者及发展历程的信息，这7种器械分别是：斯氏针、博维电刀、梅茨纳姆剪刀、弗里尔剥离子、科布骨膜剥离子、柯赫尔钳和韦布鲁格持骨钳。独创性、必要性、环境和合作共同促成了我们综述中所列举的外科工具的发明。在某些情况下，外科器械是对现有技术的改进。骨科器械的适应证和应用变化不大。与此同时，一些最初为其他专科开发的器械也已被我们所采用。尽管有人主张在医学领域从使用以人名命名的术语过渡到使用描述性术语，但认可那些彻底改变了手术技术和器械的人是有价值的。通过回顾历史，我们有机会获得启发并更好地了解我们的工具。
