I.I. Zhadyonov and his contribution to the development of traumatology and orthopaedics in the Russian Federation (to the 90th anniversary)

The research follows the career of Igor I. Zhadyonov, a prominent administrator of the Russian science, who managed Saratov Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics for 30 years. Igor I. Zhadyonov founded and headed the Republican Arthrology Center (RAC) for 28 years, the only facility in the Russian Federation focused on rheumaorthopedic science. RAC scientists led by Igor I. Zhadyonov were the pioneers of arranging the Soviet rheu-maorthopedic service. It was Igor I. Zhadyonov who performed first total joint replacements in Saratov. He made a great contribution to the design of the Russian hip implants. The prosthesis created by Zhadyonov and his colleagues was one of the first Soviet medical devices of this kind, and unlike the analogues it was a dismantling one.