Catastrophic Failure of the Acetabular Polyethylene Liner in Ceramic-on-Polyethylene Total Hip Arthroplasty

INTRODUCTION: Catastrophic polyethylene failure is a rare complication of ceramic-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasty due to the favorable tribological characteristics of ceramic. Failure of the polyethylene liner can be disastrous, increasing periprosthetic osteolysis, metallosis, and risk of di...

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Autores principales: Manzano, Givenchy, Levin, Rayna A. C., Mayor, Michael B., Schwarzkopf, Ran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4719376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298960
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.168

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4719376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298960
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.168

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