Development of orthopedic surgery since founding of People's Republic of China / 中华创伤杂志

ABSTRACT

Orthopedics is a popular surgical major in China, but orthopedic surgery, as a very important subspecialty, is not even well understood by orthopedic surgeons. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the development of orthopedic surgery in China has experienced the period of rise and popularity, bottleneck period, and the second development period after the 21st century. The rise of modern medical technology and artificial intelligence have ushered in new opportunities for the development of orthopedic surgery. In order to better understand the winding road of orthopedic surgery development and look forward the future of functional reconstruction in China, combining the clinical practice in the past 40 years, the author reviewed the literatures on the development history of orthopedic surgery and analyzed the development of orthopedic surgery in recent 70 years.