title: A case of fracture of a ceramic head in total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: We report a case of fracture of a ceramic femoral head, which spontaneously occurred 4 years after implantation of an uncemented total hip replacement in a 48-year-old male patient with avascular necrosis of the hip. At revision surgery, the fractured ceramic head was replaced with a 32-mm metallic femoral head.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Suunybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schatzker
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure