Commentary: Evolution of the Hoffmann Fixators
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Why research Raoul Hoffmann and the evolution of external skeletal fixation? [1] As a young surgeon assigned to duty on the Hospital Ship Sanctuary during the Vietnam War, I was flown in and reported to the Commanding Officer. The Captain said my assignment was in Orthopedics. I replied ‘my main interest is in Neurosurgery.’ He said there were no neurosurgeons on the hospital ship so he could send me in-country to do Pediatrics since “Pediatrics is like orthopedics,” or I could take the orthopedic assignment. I decided to stay on board.
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