Extraction of a well fixed but fractured ceramic acetabular liner

Ceramic fractures have been reported to occur in hip replacements, but the techniques used to extract a well fixed but fractured component are not commonly described. We present a case of ceramic liner fracture and validate a modification of a previously reported extraction technique that allowed us...

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Main Authors: David Ferguson, MB ChB, BSc (Hons), FRCS, Robert Metcalf, FRCS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344114000041