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.2010 Jun;468(6):1682-92.
doi: 10.1007/s11999-009-1221-z. Epub 2010 Jan 13.

Origins of eponymous orthopaedic equipment

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Origins of eponymous orthopaedic equipment

Clifton Meals et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res.2010 Jun.

Abstract

Background: Orthopaedists make great use of eponymous equipment, however the origins of these tools are unknown to many users. This history enriches, enlightens, and enhances surgical education, and may inspire modern innovation.

Questions/purposes: We explored the origins of common and eponymous orthopaedic equipment.

Methods: We selected pieces of equipment named for their inventors and in the broadest use by modern orthopaedists. We do not describe specialized orthopaedic implants and instruments owing to the overwhelming number of these devices.

Results: The history of this equipment reflects the coevolution of orthopaedics and battlefield medicine. Additionally, these stories evidence the primacy of elegant design and suggest that innovation is often a process of revision and refinement rather than sudden inspiration. Their history exposes surgical innovators as brilliant, lucky, hardworking, and sometimes odd. These stories amuse, enlighten, and may inspire modern orthopaedists to develop creative solutions of their own.

Conclusions: The rich history of the field's eponymous instruments informs an ongoing tradition of innovation in orthopaedics.

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A Martin bandage is shown. This bandage often is referred to as an Esmarch.
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Johann Friedrich August Von Esmarch is shown. (Photograph reprinted courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.)
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Esmarch’s triangular bandage with diagrammatic instructions for use is shown. (Photograph reprinted courtesy of Wikipedia.)
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Hugh Own Thomas is shown. (Photograph reprinted courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.)
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Early Thomas Splints are shown. (Published with permission from Elsevier. This figure was published in Browner B, Levine A, Jupiter J, Trafton P, Krettek C.Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction. Ed. 4. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; Copyright Elsevier 2008.)
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Charles Bingham Penrose is shown. (Photograph reprinted courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.)
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Charles Mayo is shown. (Photograph reprinted courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.)
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William J. Mayo is shown. (Photograph reprinted courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.)
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