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Eponymous hip joint approaches

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After the low friction arthroplasty by John Charnley was no longer confined to specialized hospitals but commonplace in the general orthopedic practice, the issue remained how to most optimally reach the hip. The names of the authors of these approaches remain in a lot of cases connected to the approach. By evaluating the original articles in which the approaches are described we ascertain the original description and technique. By various sources we obtained the (short) biography of the people whose name is connected to the approach. Our research covers the biographies of colleagues Smith-Petersen, Watson-Jones, Hardinge, Charnley, Moore and Ludloff. The eponymous approaches are shown and described after the short biography on each individual. This study shows that without the work of our colleagues we cannot proceed in our profession. An understanding and knowledge of the people who dedicated themselves to developing the orthopedic surgery to the high standard it has today is the least honour we should give them.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Hardinge for giving valuable information on both himself and on Sir John Charnley. Without the help of Piet deBoer we would never been able to get a clear and anatomically correct overview of all the different approaches. Also the help of Rebecca Nieuwe Weme in the processing of the figures is deeply appreciated.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Martini Hospital, PO Box 30033, 9700 RM, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Matthijs P. Somford

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Daniël Hoornenborg

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Johannes I. Wiegerinck

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

    Stefan B. T. Bolder

  5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Berend W. Schreurs

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Somford, M.P., Hoornenborg, D., Wiegerinck, J.I. et al. Eponymous hip joint approaches. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 136, 1007–1014 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-016-2456-2

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