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01-01-2016 | Pearls
Pearls: How to Remove a Ceramic Liner From a Well-fixed Acetabular Component
Author:
Rocco P. Pitto, MD, PhD, FRACS
Published in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Issue 1/2016
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Excerpt
Although ceramic-on-ceramic bearings enjoy only a small market share of the THAs performed in the United States, they are widely used around the world [
1‐
6]. While they generally perform well, in some circumstances—particularly in patients presenting with recurrent dislocations—well-fixed modular acetabular components with ceramic liners may require revision. …