John Charnley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Charnley

British surgeon

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1911

Place of Birth: Bury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1982

Profession: surgeon

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About John Charnley

  • Sir John Charnley, (29 August 1911 – 5 August 1982) was a British orthopaedic surgeon.
  • He pioneered the hip replacement operation, which is now one of the most common operations both in the UK and elsewhere in the world, and created the "Wrightington centre for hip surgery". He also demonstrated the fundamental importance of bony compression in operations to arthrodese (fuse) joints, in particular the knee, ankle and shoulder.Charnley also influenced generations of orthopaedic surgeons through his textbook on conservative fracture treatment which was first published in 1950.

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