Symposium: Selected Papers Presented at the 2008 Meeting of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
The Classic
The Classic: The Registry of Bone Sarcomas as an Example of the End-Result Idea in Hospital Organization
Ernest Amory Codman1 
Received: 20 July 2009 Accepted: 3 August 2009 Published online: 19 August 2009
Abstract This Classic Article is a reprint of the original work by Ernest Amory Codman, The Registry of Bone Sarcomas as an Example
of the End-Result Idea in Hospital Organization. An accompanying biographical sketch of Ernest Amory Codman, MD, and The Classic:
Registry of Bone Sarcoma: Part I.—Twenty-Five Criteria for Establishing the Diagnosis of Osteogenic Sarcoma. Part II.—Thirteen
Registered Cases of “Five Year Cures” Analyzed According to These Criteria are available at DOIs
10.1007/s11999-009-1047-8 and
10.1007/s11999-009-1049-6, respectively. The Classic Article is ©1924 by the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons and is reprinted with permission
from Codman EA. The registry of bone sarcoma as an example of the end-result idea in hospital organization.
Bull Am Coll Surg. 1924;8:34–38.
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