The squeaking hip: A phenomenon of ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1344-1349

  Jarrett, Christopher A ^a   Ranawat, Amar S ^b   Bruzzone, Matteo ^c   Blum, Yossef C ^b   Rodriguez, Jose A ^c   Ranawat, Chitranjan S ^b  

^a PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERAMIC ON CERAMIC TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL ON POLYETHYLENE TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SQUEAKING HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERAMICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

METAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERAMICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649881919     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00970     Document Type: Article

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