Editorial: technology advancement and research progress in orthopedic surgery.
Undoubtefully, orthopedics is one of the most technical surgical specialities. Modern orthopedic surgery took shape in the process of making use of the advanced science and the latest technological achievments of the time. It was and, in some respect, still continues to be, a story of clinical driven discovery placed in the forefront of science by the inquiring minds of orthopedic surgeons, in their quest for answering stringent clinical demands. In the mid 1960s Charnley introduced the hip prosthesis and the use of bone cement for implant fixation, aiming to treat the pain and disability produced by cartilage deterioration in advanced stages of osteoarthritis [1]. Based on Chrnaley extensive knowledge and contibution in tribology, implant development was possible due flourishing metalurgy and polymer technology. Total joint replacement was than implemented and is continously refined today. Increasing surgeon expertise, follow up data gathered by means of national joint replacement registries as well as technological optimization are only few of the factors contributing to the wide spread of the procedure, Hard - hard friction couples, trabecular technology or biological coatings are continously improving the quality and lifetime of available prosthesis. Joint reconstructive surgery is nowadays the most succesful intervention in all times and all surgical specialities in terms of cost efficiency and patient satisfaction [2] In the middle 60s, when RW Jhonson and R.O Connor were taking the bulky video camera on their shoulder to inspect joints, it was an attempt to elucidate and document tricky cases of knee pathology. Trained by the pioneer of arthroscopy, Masuki Watanabe, they were setting the basis of a new diagnostic and operative method which was based on the optics and electronics technology. The technical improvment introduced by the digitalization of video capture, transmission and storage, has made possible the establishment of artroscopic surgery as a precise, minimal invasive procedure. A new range of possibilities in treating ligament meniscal and cartilage injuries therefore occured, allowing for restaurative approaches and improved postinterventional functional recovery. Torn cruciate ligaments in the knee or recurrent shouder dislocation are no longer a career end for sport professional due to the widespread of reconstructive