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On the treatment of anchylosis, by the formation of artificial joints.

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N. Amer. med. surg. J., 3, 279-92. 1827 CE.

Barton performed a femoral osteotomy between the greater and lesser trochanters to secure motion in an ankylosed hip. This has been called the first successful arthroplasty. Reprinted in Clin. Orthop., 1984, 182, 4-13.

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