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. 2013 Aug;471(8):2443-8.
doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3052-1. Epub 2013 May 24.

Giants of orthopaedic surgery: Masaki Watanabe MD

Marlene DeMaio  1
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Giants of orthopaedic surgery: Masaki Watanabe MD

Marlene DeMaio. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Aug.
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Watanabe (left) with his former student Prof. Hideshige Moriya (right) in June 1980. Watanabe is widely considered the “father of arthroscopy”
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In 1951, Watanabe produced the 4 mm No. 13 arthroscope by modifying a pediatric cystoscope
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In 1958, Watanabe produced the No. 21 arthroscope, which is remarkably similar to current models
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