Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie

The Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) is an international non-profit organization in the field of orthopaedics and traumatology.

History
The foundations of the Society were laid during its first Congress in Paris at the Hotel Crillon on October 10, 1929.

The group of founders who attended included: from Austria, Erlacher and Spitzy; from Belgium, Lorthioir, Delchef and Maffei; from Spain, San Ricart; from the United States, Albee, Baer and Meyerding; from France, Ombrédanne, Rocher, Sorrel and Nové-Josserand; from Great Britain, Fairbank; from Germany, Bielsalski; from Italy, Galeazzi and Putti; from Holland, Murk Jansen; from Romania, Frans Jiano; from Sweden, Haglund and Waldenström; from Switzerland, Machard; and from Czechoslovakia, Zahradníček.

International Orthopaedics
International Orthopaedics is an official journal of SICOT. The Journal is published monthly by Springer Verlag, and is distributed to 50,000 surgeons in electronic format and in 3,200 printed issues for libraries and special subscribers. It has an impact factor of 2.7 (2022).

SICOT-J
SICOT-J is an official journal of SICOT founded in 2014. It is a peer-reviewed open access journal. Its focus is on clinical, basic and transnational research in the field of orthopaedics surgery and traumatology.

Books

 * Current Progress in Orthopedics 1: An Educational Initiative of SICOT
 * Current Progress in Orthopedics 2
 * Gopalan's Evidence Based Orthopaedic Principles - A SICOT India Initiative
 * Early Onset Scoliosis