title: Extensive intrapelvic granuloma formation caused by ceramic fragments after revision total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: Ceramic debris embedded in a polyethylene liner was identified as the cause for rapid metal wear after revision total hip arthroplasty when a broken ceramic head was replaced by a metal head. Removal of an intrapelvic foreign body granuloma and rerevision hip arthroplasty had to be performed within 2 years after the first revision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kohn
authors.forename: Dietrich
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pape
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002516:Ceramics; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes