Thomas Annandale: the first meniscus repair

Abstract

A biographical insight about nineteenth century Scottish surgeon Thomas Annandale (1838-1907), describing his life and his milestone contribution to the orthopaedics field, particularly analysing the first meniscus repair in history, that Annandale performed in 1883 and documented in his original paper titled "An Operation for Displaced Semilunar Cartilage" (1885). The experience of Annandale marks a shift in the treatment of meniscal injuries, by introducing the practice of restoring and repairing the original status of the tissue.

Postcards from the past: The Third SICOT Congress, Bologna 1936

“…That is the sense of all historical research, namely, rediscovering the origins [4] to strengthen your own motivation in going onwards looking at the enlightened figures who contributed greatly to shape our profession [5][6][7]. In the present paper we brought into light some glorious moments of the very beginning in the activity of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologiè (SICOT).…”

Animal Models of Meniscal Injury in Post-Traumatic Arthritis

“…These authors also observed that the numbers of the mice housed in the cage had signifi cant impact on OA severity as group-housed mice demonstrated higher OA score relative to individually housed mice. To establish a more reliable mouse DMM model, Kim et al [ 63 ] suggest that using small cages (75 L × 40 W × 200 H mm 3 ) with limited movement may decrease individual variation and control OA severity; however, animal welfare considerations of limited housing space need to be considered.…”

A history of meniscal surgery: from ancient times to the twenty-first century

“…One hundred and thirty-one years have passed since the first reported operative treatment on the meniscus [14]. Matteo berardo.dimatteo@gmail.com When looking specifically at the history of relevant medical literature, we should first consider "On Fractures", one of the few works inside the so-called Hippocratic Corpus that scholars really consider as a genuine writing by Hippocrates himself (ca 460-370 BC) [19].…”