title: Ceramic head fracture in ceramic-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: Revision rates of total hip arthroplasty have decreased after introducing total hip arthroplasty (THA) using ceramic component, since ceramic components could reduce components wear and osteolysis. The fracture of a ceramic component is a rare but potentially serious event. Thus, ceramic on polyethylene articulation is gradually spotlighted to reduce ceramic component fracture. There are a few recent reports of ceramic head fracture with polyethylene liner. Herein, we describe a case of a ceramic head component fracture with polyethylene liner. The fractured ceramic head was 28 mm short neck with conventional polyethylene liner. We treated the patient by total revision arthroplasty using 4th generation ceramic on ceramic components.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 31 Soonchunhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 330-721, Korea. huuy@schmc.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jae-Hwi
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nho
authors.forename: Jong-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ui-Seoub
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Woo-Jong
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: You-Sung
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D002516:Ceramics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D020959:Polyethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
chemical_list: D020959:Polyethylene
keywords: Ceramic head fracture; ceramic-on-polyethylene; revision arthroplasty; total hip arthroplasty