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C G Attenborough

Publications and source records attributed to C G Attenborough.

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PubMed1978

The Attenborough total knee replacement.

The stabilised gliding knee prosthesis is a compromise between hinged joints and condylar prostheses. It is a two-piece implant designed to allow normal gliding movements of flexion and extension and which, stabilised by a connecting rod between the femoral and tibial components, allows a designed laxity of rotation and lateral movements. A modification of the original femoral component is described. Two hundred and forty-five knee replacement operations have been done between January 1973 and September 1977 and the results are reported. The results using this prosthesis are at least equal to those using hinged or condylar prostheses. So far there has been no case of spontaneous loosening of the components and the implant can be used in patients who, because of severe deformities and instability, are unsuitable for condylar prostheses.

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PubMed1976

Total knee replacement using the stabilized gliding prosthesis.

The stabilized gliding knee prosthesis has been designed as a compromise between the restrained hinged joints and the unconnected surface prostheses. It is a two-piece implant, allowing normal gliding movements of flexion and extension, and is stabilized by a rod between the femoral and tibial components which allows some lateral mobility and rotation while acting in place of the cruciate ligaments and in place of or in addition to the collateral ligaments. The indications for and the techniwue of implantation are described and the results of the first 53 operations are reported. Follow-up time is between 1 year and 2 1/2 years. The results of these operations using the stabilized gliding prosthesis are at least equal to those using hinged or condylar prostheses. So far there has been no case of loosening of either component, and the implant can be used successfully in patients in whom condylar prostheses fail owing to their lac of inbuilt stability.

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PubMed1975

Lumbo-sacral fusion with spring fixation.

A method of posterior lumbo-sacral fusion is described in which springs are used to fix the grafts and to maintain immobilisation. Fifty patients with lumbar disc degeneration or spondylolisthesis have been reviewed. The results have been assessed clinically by grading the symptoms before and after operation. Stay in hospital has been short and return to work rapid. There has been a high proportion of good results.

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