Alumina Heads Minimize Wear and Femoral Osteolysis Progression After Isolated Simple Acetabular Revision

Philippe Hernigou,Nicolas Dupuy,Olivier Pidet,Yashuhiro Homma,Charles Henri Flouzat-Lachaniette

Alumina Heads Minimize Wear and Femoral Osteolysis Progression After Isolated Simple Acetabular Revision

2012

Philippe Hernigou
Nicolas Dupuy
Olivier Pidet
Yashuhiro Homma
Charles Henri Flouzat-Lachaniette

Background Patients with THA requiring cup revision for acetabular osteolysis may have a stable stem component without loosening. However, it is unclear whether isolated cup revision halts femoral osteolysis progression.

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Aluminum oxide
Femur
Surgery
Acetabulum
Biocompatible material
Femoral head
Medicine
Osteolysis
Sports medicine
Orthopedic surgery

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