Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute
In 1896 the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute was inaugurated in Bologna, an important hospital whose history is strictly connected with the development of the orthopedic discipline in Italy.
A manuscript of Tomba et al., retrace the history of the institution by analyzing the work of the main personalities who have contributed to making the Italian Orthopedic Institute still famous in the world today 1).
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Tomba P, Viganò A, Gasbarrini A. On the shoulders of giants: a history of
success and a future of excellence - Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli. Eur Rev Med
Pharmacol Sci. 2018 Dec;22(24):8569-8573. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_201812_16619.
PubMed PMID: 30575895.