title: Fracture of the ceramic head in total hip arthroplasty. Report of two cases.
abstract: This article reports two cases of fracture of the ceramic head component in total cementless hip arthroplasty. There was no history of difficulty prior to the component fracture, neither during the operation nor during daily use, and in one of the patients, no history of trauma was observed.
authors.affiliation: Service of Traumatology and Ortopedic Surgery, Hospital Universitario La Fé, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peiró
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pardo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Alonso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002516:Ceramics; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography