Osteolysis after ceramic-on-ceramic hip arthroplasty. A case report.
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis operated on with insertion of an uncemented ceramic-on-ceramic Mittelmeier total hip developed an extensive, rapidly evolving osteolysis around the prosthetic stem, which in turn fractured spontaneously after 5 years. Aggressive bone resorption cannot be prevented by exclusion of polyethylene and bone cement from hip arthroplasty.
Borssén
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University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Umeå, Sweden.
Kärrholm
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Snorrason
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D000328:Adult; D001843:Bone Cements; D002516:Ceramics; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation
D001843:Bone Cements