Charnley Wrightington Hospital

Charnley, J., Total Prosthetic Replacement of the Hip Joint Using a Socket of High Density Polyethylene , Wrightington Hospital Publication No. 1 Centre for Hip Surgery, (1966)... 

Charnley J. 1966. Total prosthetic replacement of the hip joint using a socket of high density polyethylene. Report No. 1. Wigan Center for Hip Surgery, Wrightington Hospital. 

McKee-Farrar and the Ring prosthesis taken from implants in the collection at the Thackray Medical Museum, along with a radiograph of a dislocated Ring prosthesis obtained from the Charnley Museum at Wrightington Hospital... 

This chapter will focus on the historical development of UHMWPE for use in hip replacements by John Charnley. The main sources of this chapter have been Chamley s journal publications and books, as well as an outstanding biography of Charnley written by William Waugh [11]. Preparation of this chapter also entailed interviews and the review of archives and implants at Wrightington Hospital, DePuy International (Leeds), and the Thackray Museum of Leeds. 

This chapter would not have been possible without the assistance of many supportive colleagues in England. Professor John Fisher (University of Leeds), Dr. Mike Wroblewski (Wrightington Hospital), and Harry Craven (Lancashire) were all instrumental in providing details regarding the undocumented history of Wrightington during the time of Charnley. Drs. Ken Brummit and... 

After the clinical failures of filled PTFE, Charnley abandoned polymers entirely in early 1962 and started to implant Thompson prostheses. However, the gloom that pervaded Wrightington at that time was short lived, because a promising new material soon arrived at the hospital through a series of most... 

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