Modern British Cemented Total Hip Replacement

Total Hip Replacement (THR) is the most successful operation in medical history, and this editorial would like to take a look at the history of its development and how the contributions of great British orthopaedic surgeons made it possible. Britain continues to produce notable orthopaedic surgeons and special mention will go to the founding father of modern THR, Sir John Charnley. Further, the most popular stem in the world of 2015, the Exeter Stem V40, was developed in Britain with over 1 million being implanted in the last 46 years. The THR procedure gives people with disabling pain a chance to regain hold on their life, get out and walk freely again.