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Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen was a Norwegian-born American orthopedic surgeon known for major contributions to hip surgery. He developed the Smith-Petersen nail, an internal fixation device introduced in the 1920s for treating fractures of the femoral neck. He also pioneered mold arthroplasty, an e...
Chitranjan Ranawat is an Indian-American orthopedic surgeon associated with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. His clinical and research work has focused on reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee, including total joint replacement techniques and prosthetic implant design. He is known...
Austin Moore was an American orthopedic surgeon whose name is attached to the Austin Moore prosthesis, an early metal implant used to replace the femoral head. Introduced in the early 1950s, the device is a one-piece, or unipolar, hemiarthroplasty prosthesis designed for insertion into the femur. It...
French orthopedic surgeon who collaborated with brother Jean Judet to develop an early acrylic hip prosthesis in 1946 and advance acetabular fracture surgery.
French orthopedic surgeon who with his brother Robert Judet introduced the Judet acrylic femoral head prosthesis in 1946 and contributed to acetabular fracture classification.
Philip Wiles was a British orthopedic surgeon associated with the Middlesex Hospital in London. In 1938 he performed an early total hip replacement in which both sides of the joint were replaced, using metal components fixed to the femur and pelvis. Although later implant designs became more influen...
British orthopedic surgeon known for contributions to hip and knee replacement surgery and leadership roles in the British Orthopaedic Association.
