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The Advent of Total Hip Replacement

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The Advent of Total Hip Replacement Overview In 1961 John Charnley (1911-1982) developed successful surgery for replacing diseased or injured hip joints with artificial joints. Many surgeons consider ... Read more

Sir John Charnley

599 words, approx. 2 pages

Sir John Charnley 1911-1982 British Surgeon and Inventor In the late 1950s and early 1960s John Charnley developed successful techniques and materials for total hip replacement (THR) surgery. This ope... Read more

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Total Hip Replacements

1,429 words, approx. 5 pages

Total Hip Replacement (THR) is a surgical procedure that relieves pain from most kinds of hip arthritis, thus helping to improve the quality of life for the majority of the patients that undergo th... Read more