Authors: Matthijs P Somford Daniël Hoornenborg Johannes I Wiegerinck Stefan B T Bolder Berend W Schreurs
Publish Date: 2016/04/30
Volume: 136, Issue: 7, Pages: 1007-1014
Abstract
After the low friction arthroplasty by John Charnley was no longer confined to specialized hospitals but commonplace in the general orthopedic practice the issue remained how to most optimally reach the hip The names of the authors of these approaches remain in a lot of cases connected to the approach By evaluating the original articles in which the approaches are described we ascertain the original description and technique By various sources we obtained the short biography of the people whose name is connected to the approach Our research covers the biographies of colleagues SmithPetersen WatsonJones Hardinge Charnley Moore and Ludloff The eponymous approaches are shown and described after the short biography on each individual This study shows that without the work of our colleagues we cannot proceed in our profession An understanding and knowledge of the people who dedicated themselves to developing the orthopedic surgery to the high standard it has today is the least honour we should give themWe would like to thank Dr Hardinge for giving valuable information on both himself and on Sir John Charnley Without the help of Piet deBoer we would never been able to get a clear and anatomically correct overview of all the different approaches Also the help of Rebecca Nieuwe Weme in the processing of the figures is deeply appreciated
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