Louis Dominique le Roy and the first documented and successful crural fracture osteosynthesis, performed in Antwerp in 1796
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Methods: In 1796 the Antwerp surgeon Louis Dominique Le Roy (1755-1826) performed an osteosynthesis for an open crural fracture, using cerclage of the tibia with a golden thread. The written report, the first ever of such osteosy... ...
