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Article: Material world: advances in polymers and ceramics have improved the durability of implants.(FEATURE: PLASTICS & CERAMICS)
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- Orthopedic Design & Technology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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"The operation is not about achieving an immediate and spectacular result, but about the permanence and the lifetime of the initial result."
--Sir John Charnley
Few in the orthopedic industry can argue with the doctrine that defined the career of Sir John Charnley.
As an inventor, Charnley rarely focused on immediate and spectacular results, prefering instead to focus on the long-term resiliance of his particular creations. He spent years developing and perfecting the artificial hip that still bears his name and the surgical procedure that is still used by orthopedic surgeons around the world.
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