International Orthopaedics, the Official Journal of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) http://www.sicot.org/, publishes original papers from all over the world. The articles deal with clinical orthopaedic surgery or basic research directly connected with orthopaedic surgery. International Orthopaedics will also link all the members of SICOT by means of an insert that will be concerned with SICOT matters. Finally, it is expected that news and information regarding all aspects of orthopaedic surgery, including meetings, panels, instructional courses, etc. will be brought to the attention of the readers.Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement to the effect that all human studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. It should also be stated clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. Details that might disclose the identity of the subjects under study should be omitted.Reports of animal experiments must state that the "Principles of laboratory animal care" (NIH publication No. 85-23, revised 1985) were followed, as well as specific national laws (e.g. the current version of the German Law on the Protection of Animals) where applicable.The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible for false statements or for failure to fulfil the above-mentioned requirements.

國(guó)際骨科，國(guó)際骨科學(xué)會(huì)官方刊物，骨科和創(chuàng)傷科，http://www.sicot.org/，發(fā)表來(lái)自世界各地的原始論文。本文涉及與骨科手術(shù)直接相關(guān)的臨床骨科手術(shù)或基礎(chǔ)研究。國(guó)際骨科也將通過(guò)一個(gè)插入物連接所有的SICOT成員，該插入物將與SICOT事務(wù)有關(guān)。最后，希望有關(guān)骨科手術(shù)各個(gè)方面的新聞和信息，包括會(huì)議、小組討論、教學(xué)課程等都能引起讀者的注意。提交出版的手稿必須包含一份聲明，表明所有人類研究均已獲得適當(dāng)?shù)膫惱砦瘑T會(huì)批準(zhǔn)，因此已按照1964年《赫爾辛基宣言》中規(guī)定的倫理標(biāo)準(zhǔn)進(jìn)行。文中還應(yīng)明確指出，所有人在被納入研究之前都已給予知情同意。應(yīng)忽略可能披露研究對(duì)象身份的細(xì)節(jié)。動(dòng)物實(shí)驗(yàn)報(bào)告必須說(shuō)明“實(shí)驗(yàn)室動(dòng)物護(hù)理原則”（NIH第85-23號(hào)出版物，1985年修訂）以及適用的具體國(guó)家法律（如德國(guó)現(xiàn)行的動(dòng)物保護(hù)法）。編輯保留拒絕不符合上述要求的稿件的權(quán)利。作者將對(duì)虛假陳述或未能滿足上述要求負(fù)責(zé)。