title: The use of ceramic in prosthetic hip surgery. The state of the art.
abstract: The authors review current knowledge regarding the use of ceramic materials in prosthetic hip surgery, both as constituents of prosthetic components, and as materials used to coat metallic surfaces. A review of the literature defines the advantages and disadvantages to using ceramic-polyethylene or ceramic-ceramic combinations, based on the possibility that alumina coating may favor localized bone demineralization, and on the first promising clinical results of the use of hydroxyapatite coating.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Terzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudanese
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tabarroni
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Zappoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giunti
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum; D002516:Ceramics; D017886:Durapatite; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011095:Polyethylenes; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes; D017886:Durapatite; D000535:Aluminum