when was the first hip replacement surgery performed
Hip replacement The earliest recorded attempts at hip replacement were carried out in Germany in 1891 by Themistocles Gluck (1853â€“1942),[68][69] who used ivory to replace the femoral head (the ball on the femur), attaching it with nickel-plated screws, Plaster of Paris, and glue.[70]
Hip The hip region is located lateral and anterior to the gluteal region (i.e., the buttock), inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or "thigh bone".[2] In adults, three of the bones of the pelvis have fused into the hip bone or acetabulum which forms part of the hip region.