Review Article
Fracture of Ceramic Bearing Surfaces following Total Hip Replacement: A Systematic Review
Table 2
Rate of ceramic liner fractures in the literature (nontraumatic in all cases).
| Author | Type of ceramic | No. of hips | No. of fractures | % |
| Hamilton et al. [18] | 4th generation (BIOLOX DELTA) | 157 | 2 | 1.3 | Traina et al. [31] | 3rd generation (BIOLOX FORTE) | 61 | 1 | 1.6 | Choi et al. [32] | 3rd generation (BIOLOX FORTE) | 173 | 1 | 0.6 | Toni et al. [33] | Unspecified (surgery 1993–2004) | 3710 | 8 | 0.2 | Traina et al. [34] | Unspecified (surgery 2000–2010) | 6648 | 22 | 0.3 |
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