Daniel Rodríguez-Pérez, Thiago Carnaval, Marcos-Del-Carmen Rodríguez, Antonio Coscujuela-Maña, José-Luis Agulló, Sebastián Videla
INTRODUCTION: Ceramic-on-ceramic bearings have been widely used since their introduction in the 1970s. First-generation ceramics have very high fracture (breakage) rates. To overcome this, in the 1990s, modular cotyloid insert designs were developed, consisting of a ceramic and polyethylene composite (sandwich-type) liner; however, high implant fracture rates were observed in the medium term. We aimed to estimate the cumulative incidences of revision surgery (implant failure) and implant failure due to fractures, survival rates (time-to-revision surgery and time-to-fracture), and the long-term clinical and radiological outcomes in our series...
March 26, 2024: Hip International: the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Research on Hip Pathology and Therapy