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Ceramic femoral component fracture in total knee arthroplasty: an analysis using fractography, fourier-transform infrared microscopy, contact radiography and histology

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Ceramic femoral component fracture in total knee arthroplasty: an analysis using fractography, fourier-transform infrared microscopy, contact radiography and histology. / Krueger, Alexander P; Singh, Gurpal; Beil, Frank Timo; Feuerstein, Bernd; Ruether, Wolfgang; Lohmann, Christoph H.

In: J ARTHROPLASTY, Vol. 29, No. 5, 01.05.2014, p. 1001-1004.

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Krueger, AP, Singh, G, Beil, FT, Feuerstein, B, Ruether, W & Lohmann, CH 2014, 'Ceramic femoral component fracture in total knee arthroplasty: an analysis using fractography, fourier-transform infrared microscopy, contact radiography and histology', J ARTHROPLASTY, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1001-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2013.11.003

APA

Krueger, A. P., Singh, G., Beil, F. T., Feuerstein, B., Ruether, W., & Lohmann, C. H. (2014). Ceramic femoral component fracture in total knee arthroplasty: an analysis using fractography, fourier-transform infrared microscopy, contact radiography and histology. J ARTHROPLASTY, 29(5), 1001-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2013.11.003

Vancouver

Krueger AP, Singh G, Beil FT, Feuerstein B, Ruether W, Lohmann CH. Ceramic femoral component fracture in total knee arthroplasty: an analysis using fractography, fourier-transform infrared microscopy, contact radiography and histology. J ARTHROPLASTY. 2014 May 1;29(5):1001-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2013.11.003

Bibtex

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title = "Ceramic femoral component fracture in total knee arthroplasty: an analysis using fractography, fourier-transform infrared microscopy, contact radiography and histology",
abstract = "Ceramic components in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are evolving. We analyze the first case of BIOLOX delta ceramic femoral component fracture. A longitudinal midline fracture in the patellar groove was present, with an intact cement mantle and no bony defects. Fractographic analysis with laser scanning microscopy and white light interferometry showed no evidence of arrest lines, hackles, wake hackles, material flaws, fatigue or crack propagation. Analysis of periprosthetic tissues with Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) microscopy, contact radiography, histology, and subsequent digestion and high-speed centrifugation did not show ceramic debris. A macrophage-dominated response was present around polyethylene debris. We conclude that ceramic femoral component failure in this case was related to a traumatic event. Further research is needed to determine the suitability of ceramic components in TKA.",
author = "Krueger, {Alexander P} and Gurpal Singh and Beil, {Frank Timo} and Bernd Feuerstein and Wolfgang Ruether and Lohmann, {Christoph H}",
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T1 - Ceramic femoral component fracture in total knee arthroplasty: an analysis using fractography, fourier-transform infrared microscopy, contact radiography and histology

AU - Krueger, Alexander P

AU - Singh, Gurpal

AU - Beil, Frank Timo

AU - Feuerstein, Bernd

AU - Ruether, Wolfgang

AU - Lohmann, Christoph H

N1 - Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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N2 - Ceramic components in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are evolving. We analyze the first case of BIOLOX delta ceramic femoral component fracture. A longitudinal midline fracture in the patellar groove was present, with an intact cement mantle and no bony defects. Fractographic analysis with laser scanning microscopy and white light interferometry showed no evidence of arrest lines, hackles, wake hackles, material flaws, fatigue or crack propagation. Analysis of periprosthetic tissues with Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) microscopy, contact radiography, histology, and subsequent digestion and high-speed centrifugation did not show ceramic debris. A macrophage-dominated response was present around polyethylene debris. We conclude that ceramic femoral component failure in this case was related to a traumatic event. Further research is needed to determine the suitability of ceramic components in TKA.

AB - Ceramic components in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are evolving. We analyze the first case of BIOLOX delta ceramic femoral component fracture. A longitudinal midline fracture in the patellar groove was present, with an intact cement mantle and no bony defects. Fractographic analysis with laser scanning microscopy and white light interferometry showed no evidence of arrest lines, hackles, wake hackles, material flaws, fatigue or crack propagation. Analysis of periprosthetic tissues with Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) microscopy, contact radiography, histology, and subsequent digestion and high-speed centrifugation did not show ceramic debris. A macrophage-dominated response was present around polyethylene debris. We conclude that ceramic femoral component failure in this case was related to a traumatic event. Further research is needed to determine the suitability of ceramic components in TKA.

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