Delayed Catastrophic Failure of a Ceramic Head in Hybrid Total Hip Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158.e5-158.e8

  Anwar, Imran ^a   Bhatnagar, Gauraang ^a   Atrah, Salah ^a  

^a Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ceramic; failure; fracture; polyethylene; total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FIXATION FAILURE; GRAFT FAILURE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IMPLANT; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REINFORCEMENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 57649103283     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.01.310     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Paprosky W.G., Perona P.G., and Lawrence J.M. Acetabular defect classification and surgical reconstruction in revision arthroplasty. A 6-year follow-up evaluation. J Arthroplasty 9 (1994) 33
2. Fritsch E.W., and Gleitz M. Ceramic femoral head fractures in total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 328 (1996) 129
3. Willmann G. Ceramic femoral head retrieval data. Clin Orthop Relat Res 379 (2000) 22
4. Michaud R.J., and Rashad S.Y. Spontaneous fracture of the ceramic ball in a ceramic-polyethylene total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 10 (1995) 863
5. McLean C.R., Dabis H., and Mok D. Delayed fracture of the ceramic femoral head after trauma. J Arthroplasty 17 (2002) 503
6. Burns A.W.R., and McCalden R.W. Current techniques and new developments in acetabular revision surgery. Curr Orthop 20 (2006) 162
7. Allain J., Roudot-Thoraval F., Delecrin J., et al. Revision total hip arthroplasty performed after fracture of a ceramic femoral head. A multicenter survivorship study. J Bone Joint Surg Am 85-A (2003) 825