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Ceramic Head Fracture in Ceramic-on-Polyethylene Total Hip Arthroplasty

Revision rates of total hip arthroplasty have decreased after introducing total hip arthroplasty (THA) using ceramic component, since ceramic components could reduce components wear and osteolysis. The fracture of a ceramic component is a rare but potentially serious event. Thus, ceramic on polyethy...

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Autores principales: Nho, Jae-Hwi, Park, Jong-Seok, Song, Ui-Seoub, Kim, Woo-Jong, Suh, You-Sung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24142666
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2013.54.6.1550
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Sumario:Revision rates of total hip arthroplasty have decreased after introducing total hip arthroplasty (THA) using ceramic component, since ceramic components could reduce components wear and osteolysis. The fracture of a ceramic component is a rare but potentially serious event. Thus, ceramic on polyethylene articulation is gradually spotlighted to reduce ceramic component fracture. There are a few recent reports of ceramic head fracture with polyethylene liner. Herein, we describe a case of a ceramic head component fracture with polyethylene liner. The fractured ceramic head was 28 mm short neck with conventional polyethylene liner. We treated the patient by total revision arthroplasty using 4th generation ceramic on ceramic components.