A Randomized Trial Of Ceramic-On-Ceramic Bearing Versus Ceramic-On-Crossfire-Polyethylene Bearing In Total Hip Arthroplasty: Five-Year Outcomes

• Published in: The Journal of arthroplasty Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 485 - 489
• Main Authors: Beaupre, Lauren A., Manolescu, Andrei, Johnston, D.W.C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Aluminum oxide; Arthralgia; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Bearing; bearing surfaces; Biocompatible Materials; Biomedical materials; ceramic; Ceramics; Female; Hip Prosthesis; Humans; Inserts; Instability; Joining; Male; Middle Aged; Orthopedics; Polyethylene; Prosthesis Design; randomized clinical trial; Range of Motion, Articular; Recovery of Function; Surgical implants; total hip replacement; Treatment Outcome; ceramic; total hip replacement; bearing surfaces; randomized clinical trial; polyethylene

This study determined how ceramic-on-ceramic bearing THA affected joint-specific pain, function and stiffness in the first five postoperative years compared with ceramic-on-highly-crosslinked-polyethylene bearing THA. Subjects less than 61 years of age were randomized to ceramic-on-ceramic (CERAMIC)...