Power tools at the ready! The life-changing science behind hip and knee replacements

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Hip and knee replacements have been around since the late 19th century.

Some of the first were carried out by Prof Themistocles Gluck in Germany, who put ivory implants in patients with tuberculous.

Later, synthetic materials such as glass, acrylic or various metal alloys were used.

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