88:, where he performed demonstration operations, conducted seminars, and gave lectures. In 1988, he founded the non-profit Keggi Orthopaedic Foundation to allow for formal academic exchanges between the United States and the USSR. The organization has provided fellowships in advanced orthopaedic surgery at the Yale School of Medicine and at Waterbury Hospital for more than 300 surgeons from the Baltic nations, Russia, and Vietnam. In 1990, he founded the memorial museum of his grandfather Luda Bērziņš in Jūrmala. He established the "Keggi Velo," a bike race in memory of his father. He was the founder of the Luda Bērziņš Prize.
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30:(August 9, 1934 – July 4, 2023) was a Latvian-American orthopedic surgeon. He was considered to be the pioneer of the anterior approach to total hip replacement. Keggi was the recipient of multiple national and international awards and four Honorary Doctorates.
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Flanagin BA, Dushey CH, Rubin LE, Keggi KJ. Total hip arthroplasty followed by traction and delayed reduction for Crowe IV developmental dysplasia of the hip. J Arthroplasty. 2013 Jun; 28(6):1052-4.
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Kelsey JL, Keggi KJ. An epidemiological study of the effect of fluorides in drinking water on the frequency of slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Yale J Biol Med. 1971 Dec;44(3):274-85.
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Huo MH, Solberg BD, Zatorski LE, Keggi KJ. Total hip replacements done without cement after acetabular fractures: a 4- to 8-year follow-up study. J Arthroplasty. 1999 Oct;14(7):827-31.
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Lorenze M, Huo MH, Zatorski LE, Keggi KJ. A comparison of the cost effectiveness of one-stage versus two-stage bilateral total hip replacement. Orthopedics. 1998 Dec;21(12):1249-52.
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46:(1870–1965). During World War II, he fled with his family to Germany in 1944, and moved to the United States in 1949. He studied medicine at
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Hoffinger SA, Keggi KJ, Zatorski LE. Primary ceramic hip replacement: a prospective study of 119 hips. Orthopedics. 1991 May;14(5):523-31.
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Grauer JN, Keggi JM, Keggi KJ. Superior mesenteric vein tear with total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2001 Aug;16(5):671-3.
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