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Table 2 Overview of the literature on fracture in Ceramic-on-Polyethylene Bearings

From: Long-term durability of alumina ceramic heads in THA

Hip Prosthesis

Author

Year of publication

Mean FU

Mean patient age (years)

# of Hips

lost to FU

Fracture ceramic head

% Ceramic Fracture

Femoral Head

Liner

Fixation

  

Years

(Range)

    

Alumina, Biolox delta, (DePuy)

Highly x-linked PE (Crossfire®, Stryker®)

Uncemented

Beaupre [37]

2013

5 years

53.6

44

10

0

0

28-mm Alumina, Biolox Forte, (DePuy)

PE Depuy, Enduron

Uncemented

Wang [27]

2013

10 year

51.5 (36–59)

22

?

0

0

28 mm Alumina, (Ceramtec)

conventional UHMW PE

Uncemented

Meftah [8]

2013

17 (+/− 1.7)

55 (+/−9)

31

0

0

0

26x32mm; 37x36mm Alumina, Biolox delta

Highly x-linked PE (Trident X3, Stryker)

Uncemented

Meftah [38]

2011

2.9 (+/−0.5)

60.9 (+/− 8.9)

72

0

0

0

28 mm Alumina

50 UHMW PE Sandwich, 16 Ceramic Inlay

Uncemented cups; cemented stems

Kircher [39]

2009

1

56.7 (+/−8.5)

47

?

1

2.1

Alumina, Biolox

84 Alumina (Biolox), 43 PE

Uncemented

Yoon [34]

2008

17.1

41 (20–64)

43

?

0

0

28 mm Alumina, (Biomet)

PE

Uncemented

Fayard [32]

2006

8.4 (+/−2.5)

66.6 (+/−10.7)

102

?

2

2.0

32 mm Alumina, (Biomet)

UHMW-PE

Uncemented

Legenstein [13]

2006

17 years)

61.2

119

51

0

0

Alumina

PE

Not reported

Hannouche [31]

2003

?

?

1200

?

2

0.17

32 mm Alumina, (Feldmuhle)

UHMW PE, (DePuy)

Cemented

Urban [14]

2001

18.2 (17.2-21.3)

69 (51–84)

64

41

0

0

Alumina, Biolox

PE (various manufacturors)

Both cemented & uncemented

Fritsch [3]

1996

6

?

1341

?

1

0.07

28 mm Alumina, Biolox

PE

Both cemented & uncemented

Callaway [33]

1995

?

?

184

?

4

2.2

2 nd Gen. 32 mm, Biolox

UHMW PE

Uncemented

Current study

2015

22

57 (13–81)

348

5

1

0.29