Born in Bury in 1911, Sir John is best known as the man who pioneered the first total hip replacement ... “Professor Sir John Charnley’s development of his successful hip replacement and ...

My mother had a total hip replacement (THR) 20 years ago ... Her replaced hip (the early small-headed Charnley prosthesis) is still doing great. As a young physiotherapist, I wanted to learn all I ...

Prof Sir John Charnley was a consultant hip surgeon at Wrightington Hospital between 1948 until his death in 1982. He pioneered the first total hip replacement in 1962 and established the Centre ...

While orthopedic surgeons are paving the way for new procedures in 2025, old procedures that have been around for decades may be the key to cost effectiveness this year.

We have come a very long way since the 1960s when Sir John Charnley introduced the first successful total hip replacement to the world at the site. Back then, patients could be with us for up to ...