Louis Dominique Le Roy and the first documented and successful crural fracture osteosynthesis, performed in Antwerp in 1796

Conclusion: This is the first successful osteosynthesis and thereby antedates by far the late 19th century cerclage operations of long bones.PMID:38693907 | DOI:10.1080/00015458.2024.2350114
Source: Acta Chirurgica Belgica - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research