List of Famous people with last name Charnley

John Charnley

First Name John

Last Name Charnley

Born on August 29, 1911

Died on August 5, 1982 (aged 70)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Sir John Charnley, was a British orthopaedic surgeon. He pioneered the hip replacement operation, which is now one of the most common operations both in the UK and elsewhere in the world, and created the "Wrightington centre for hip surgery". He also demonstrated the fundamental importance of bony compression in operations to arthrodese (fuse) joints, in particular the knee, ankle and shoulder.

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