1.Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, AP-HP, Hôpital Lariboisière (University Paris 7), 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France ;2.Laboratoire de Recherches Orthopédiques (UMR CNRS 7052), Paris, France
Abstract:
Background
Strategies for revising a ceramic-on-ceramic total hip prosthesis are controversial. Some consider reimplantation of a ceramic
head on a well-fixed femoral stem inadvisable as it may lead to a fracture of the newly implanted head.