title: Late dislocations after cementless total hip arthroplasty resulting from polyethylene wear.
abstract: We report 4 cases of polyethylene wear in modular cementless sockets presenting as recurrent dislocation. Before the onset of the dislocations, the patients were functioning without symptoms. This is the first report in the literature of this phenomenon.
authors: Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Orozco
authors: W J
authors: WJ
authors: Hozack
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D002484:Cementation; D005260:Female; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000209:etiology*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes