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Medium- to Long-Term Results of Ceramic-on-Ceramic Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty

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This study reports revision and complication rates of a cementless total hip system (Alloclassic Variall®, Zimmer TM) in combination with ceramic-on-ceramic bearings (Cerasul®, Zimmer TM) over a mean follow-up period of 10.6 years. Of 224 patients (237 hips), 9 patients (4.02 %) required revision surgery at a mean of 7.9 years. Reasons for revision included trauma (n = 4), noise (n = 3), recurrent instability (n = 1) and aseptic loosening of the stem (n = 1). No aseptic loosening of the cup was encountered, thus confirming the excellent tribological qualities of ceramic bearings at medium-term follow-up.

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Pokorny-Olsen, A., Knahr, K. (2014). Medium- to Long-Term Results of Ceramic-on-Ceramic Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty. In: Knahr, K. (eds) Tribology in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45266-6_8

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