Ceramic femoral components in total knee arthroplasty - two year follow-up results of an international prospective multi-centre study.

  • Philipp Bergschmidt
  • Rainer Bader
  • Dirk Ganzer
  • Christian Hauzeur
  • Christoph Lohmann
  • Wolfgang Rüther
  • Domenico Tigani
  • Nicola Rani
  • Fernando Lopez Prats
  • Claudio Zorzi
  • Vincenzo Madonna
  • Stefano Rigotti
  • Francesco Benazzo
  • Stefano Marco Paolo Rossi
  • Guenther Kundt
  • Hans Rudolf Bloch
  • Wolfram Mittelmeier

Abstract

Total knee arthroplasty can be considered as a reliable surgical procedure with a good long-term clinical result. However, implant failure due to particle induced aseptic loosening as well as the aspect of hypersensitivity to metal ions still remains an emerging issue.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2012
pubmed 22582104