Alumina-on-Alumina Total Hip Arthroplasty

by Young-Kyun Lee, Yong-Chan Ha, Jeong Joon Yoo, Kyung-Hoi Koo, Kang Sup Yoon, and Hee Joong Kim

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 92(8):1715-1719

July 21, 2010

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Anteroposterior radiographs showing a sharp medial edge of the resected femoral neck immediately postoperatively (A) and rounding off of that edge at ten years after the total hip

arthroplasty (arrow) (B).

Young-Kyun Lee et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1715-1719

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Translateral radiograph of a hip, made 7.5 years after the total hip arthroplasty, showing fretting of the anterior aspect of the neck (arrow).

Young-Kyun Lee et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1715-1719

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Kaplan-Meier curve, with any implant revision for any reason as the end point.

Young-Kyun Lee et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1715-1719

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.