Arthroplasty Today (Sep 2016)

Histologic evaluation of the bone-ceramic interface of an alumina ceramic cup arthroplasty retrieved after 25 years in vivo

  • Fuminori Higuchi, MD,
  • Shigeo Fukunishi, MD,
  • Shoji Nishio, MD,
  • Tomokazu Fukui, MD,
  • Yuki Fujihara, MD,
  • Shohei Okahisa, MD,
  • Yu Takeda, MD,
  • Shinichi Yoshiya, MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2015.08.001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 89 – 92

Abstract

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A 47-year-old man underwent ceramic cup arthroplasty when he was 22 years old. Revision total hip arthroplasty was performed 25 years later because of limited range of motion without implant loosening. Histologic examination revealed that the femoral head and ceramic implant were well fixed through a thin fibrous membrane. The energy-dispersive X-ray analysis indicated that calcium and phosphorus were detected in the same peak pattern as cancellous bone in the bone-ceramic interface.

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