TY - JOUR ID - 10094 TI - ISKAST; the Way We Have Made and Upfront JO - The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery JA - ABJS LA - en SN - 2345-4644 AU - Razi, Mohammad AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rasool Akram University Hospital, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 2 KW - Iranian Society KW - Knee Surgery KW - Arthroscopy KW - Sports Traumatology KW - ISKAST DO - 10.22038/abjs.2018.10094 N2 - Japanese orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Masaki Watanabe, established himself as the “father of modern and interventional arthroscopy” by developing sophisticated endoscopic instruments, using electronics and optics, which became popular in Japan in the post–World War II (1). Before him, Professor Kenji Takagi in Tokyo has traditionally been credited with performing the first arthroscopic examination of a knee joint, in 1919. He used a 7.3 mm cystoscope for his first kneearthroscopies (2). In 1969, Dr. Richard O’Connor visited and studied with Watanabe. Then he popularized knee arthroscopy in United State in 1960-70s (3). Dr. Heshmat Shahriaree began experimenting with ways to excise fragments of menisci (4)... UR - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_10094.html L1 - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_10094_faa0a6521a11ffec6b922b7166680858.pdf ER -