Compression Arthodesis Including Central Dislocation by Charnley John (1 results)

Edinburgh and London, E. & S. Livingstone, 1953, 8°, XI, (1), 264 pp., 208 Abbildungen, orig. Leinenband. First Edition! With a chapter on mechanics by J.A.L. Matheson and histological observations by S.L. Baker. Professor Sir John Charnley's (1911-1982) contributions to orthopaedic surgery were not limited to his invention of THA. He also published landmark treatises in trauma and compression arthrodesis: Charnley, J.: The Closed Treatment of Common Fractures. Edited, Edinburgh, Livingston, 1974.; and Charnley, J.: Compression arthrodesis: Including Central Dislocation as a Principle in Hip Surgery. Edited, Edinburgh, Livingston, 1953. Paradoxically, the father of modern joint replacement initiated his academic career studying and succeeding in the fusion of joints.