[Severe foot deformities in adolescents and adults--techniques after Imhäuser, Lelièvre und Lambrinudi].

Severe contraction deformities of the foot, e.g. after trauma or spasticity, often lead to an inability to walk and can, in part, only be rectified by corrective bone osteotomy of the hind and middle foot.

[From "wet caries" to controllable complication. History of post-traumatic and postoperative osteitis].

In former times treatment of osteomyelitis was based on very few surgical principles such as incision of the infected region, debridement with sequestrectomy, and continuous drainage to prevent superficial closing of the wound. There were no rules for asepsis, anesthesia, and microbiology in the treatment of bone infection. Therapy improved dramatically when J.

[History of surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament].

Early comments on the anterior cruciate ligament were found in ancient literature, and the first scientific reports were published in the nineteenth century. The first surgical treatment of a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament was carried out in 1895 by Robson performing a primary suture of the torn ligament. In 1903 F.

[Pott triad and Schmorl nodules. A historical overview of kyphosis with special reference to tuberculous spondylitis and Scheuermann disease].

This report provides an overview of the history of the different types of kyphosis (arcuated and angulated forms). Especially tuberculous spondylitis and Scheuermann's disease are pointed out from among the large group of kyphotic diseases. Therefore, Beckhterew's disease, the combination of rickets and kyphosis as well as the dysraphic diseases and constitutional kyphosis caused by faulty posture are only mentioned.