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The evolution of total knee arthroplasty. Part 1: introduction and first steps

โœ Scribed by A.A Shetty; A Tindall; P Ting; F.W Heatley


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
205 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0268-0890

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The evolution of total knee arthroplasty
โœ A.A Shetty; A Tindall; P Ting; F.W Heatley ๐Ÿ“‚ Article ๐Ÿ“… 2003 ๐Ÿ› Elsevier Science ๐ŸŒ English โš– 383 KB

In addition to pioneering a hemi-arthroplasty (described in the first part of this series of articles), Themistocles Gluck is credited with the first hinged total knee prosthesis in 1891. It was made of ivory and was held in place with a cement made from colophony, pumice and gypsum. It was said tha