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Manual of Internal Fixation in the Cranio-Facial Skeleton

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The Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF) was founded in 1958 in Switzerland under its original German name “Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO),” a working group to deal with questions on internal fixation of fractures. This group in the meantime has become an international organization dedicated to improving the care of patients with musculoskeletal injuries and their sequelae through research and education in the principles, practice, and quality control of the results of treatment. In 1984 this study group was transformed into a nonprofit foundation providing an umbrella structure for its activities in the fields of research, development, education, and documentation. New technologies and products developing from ideas and from research and development activities are licensed to the three Synthes producers, Mathys AG Bettlach, Stratec Medical Oberdorf, both in Switzerland, and Synthes USA, Paoli. The royalties which they pay finance the activities of the AO/ASIF Foundation.

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  1. Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery AO Research Institute, 7270, Davos, Switzerland

    Joachim Prein M.D., D.M.D.

  2. Product Manager Maxillofacial STRATEC Medical, 4437, Oberdorf, Switzerland

    Carolyn Plappert

  3. Professor of Surgery AO Development, 7270, Davos, Switzerland

    Berton A. Rahn M.D., D.M.D.

  4. Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery Chairman of Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery Unit for Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinics of Basel, Kantonsspital, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Stephan M. Perren M.D., Dr. sc. (h.c.)

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Prein, J., Rahn, B.A., Plappert, C., Perren, S.M. (1998). Scientific and Technical Background. In: Prein, J. (eds) Manual of Internal Fixation in the Cranio-Facial Skeleton. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58789-4_1

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