title: Catastrophic failure of ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty presenting as squeaking hip.
abstract: A 68-year-old woman with osteoarthritis had a ceramic-on-ceramic left total hip arthroplasty, including ceramic femoral head and acetabular liner. At 5 years after surgery, the patient developed onset of a very loud squeaking noise, which could be heard 25 m from her, associated with limited hip movement. Findings at revision surgery included a broken ceramic femoral head component, complete wear of the ceramic acetabular component, and black wear debris. Squeaking hip after ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty may be associated with catastrophic failure of the arthroplasty components.
authors: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery,  Kettering General Hospital, Kettering,  UK.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Malem
authors: Mathias Thomas
authors: MT
authors: Nagy
authors: Sabyasachi
authors: S
authors: Ghosh
authors: Bhavik
authors: B
authors: Shah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D002516:Ceramics; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation