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Overview
This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. The success of the close cooperation between the AO's surgeons, scientists and manufacturers in establishing a complicated and risky technique as a standard treatment sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry and the nature of modern medicine in general.
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- ISBN-13: 9781349431816
- ISBN-10: 1349431818
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: January 2002
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.81 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.02 pounds
- Page Count: 349
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