Fourth-generation Ceramic Head Fracture in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report and Literature Review

IF 1.5 Q3 ORTHOPEDICS

Arthroplasty Today Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1016/j.artd.2025.101614

Clark Yin MD , Lauren Eberhardt MD , Matthew Cederman BS , Henry Haley MD , Andrew Steffenmeier MD , Mark Karadsheh MD

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Abstract

Ceramics are used in total hip arthroplasty due to inherent wettability and low wear rates, but fracture risk is a known complication. Rates as high as 13.4% were reported in the past, yet as low as 0.02% in newer generations. Howard et al. reported a fracture rate of 0.009% for fourth-generation ceramic heads. We present a case report of a 69-year-old male with a BMI of 40.01 kg/m² who suffered a fracture of a 36-mm ceramic femoral head with pseudoacetabular involvement of the polyethylene liner. This occurred 2 years and 3 months after his primary surgery after a 4-foot fall off of a ladder. The patient underwent revision of his total hip arthroplasty with arthroplasty of the polyethylene liner and femoral head component without stem explantation.

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Arthroplasty Today Medicine-Surgery

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

0.00%

发文量

258

审稿时长

40 weeks

期刊介绍： Arthroplasty Today is a companion journal to the Journal of Arthroplasty. The journal Arthroplasty Today brings together the clinical and scientific foundations for joint replacement of the hip and knee in an open-access, online format. Arthroplasty Today solicits manuscripts of the highest quality from all areas of scientific endeavor that relate to joint replacement or the treatment of its complications, including those dealing with patient outcomes, economic and policy issues, prosthetic design, biomechanics, biomaterials, and biologic response to arthroplasty. The journal focuses on case reports. It is the purpose of Arthroplasty Today to present material to practicing orthopaedic surgeons that will keep them abreast of developments in the field, prove useful in the care of patients, and aid in understanding the scientific foundation of this subspecialty area of joint replacement. The international members of the Editorial Board provide a worldwide perspective for the journal''s area of interest. Their participation ensures that each issue of Arthroplasty Today provides the reader with timely, peer-reviewed articles of the highest quality.