Ceramic femoral heads have an advantage over cobalt chrome femoral heads for total hip arthroplasty according to a presented at the current concepts in joint replacement winter.
Ceramic head femoral.
After surgical operations of osteosynthesis operation for restoration of joint function arthrodesis.
Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.
A ceramic cup can not incorporate the lip that is a standard part of a plastic cup liner.
Biolox forte and biolox delta ball heads and cup inserts can be combined with ceramic components from the biolox family of products as well as with inserts made from conventional and highly cross linked polyethylene.
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The stress at the taper bore interface is decreased with a 28 mm short neck femoral head.
The titanium adapters have an internal 12 14 taper that mates with the femoral stem while the option heads have a taper designed to mate with the adapters.
11 the fatigue fracture in ceramic head with vulnerable design as well as obesity and squatting position during daily activity could be responsible in this patient.
Thus 28 mm short neck ceramic heads also might be at a risk of fracture.
The need for a low wear ceramic bearing in revision arthroplasty was not available in the past.
Head and stem combinations.
The zimmer biomet ceramic heads are intended for use as a component of a total hip or hemi hip prosthesis in primary and revision patients.
In revision cases a sleeved ceramic femoral head with a taper adaptor should be implanted.
This lip serves to lower the risk of dislocation.
Biolox delta ceramic femoral head.
Low wear with multiple liner options.
Avascular necrosis of the femoral bone head and fracture of neck and head of the femur.
The biolox delta component is a traditional one piece ceramic head indicated for primary hip arthroplasty only.
The biolox delta option ceramic head features a titanium neck sleeve designed to allow surgeons to utilize a ceramic head in either primary or.
In a few ceramic hip.
The option is comprised of two components.
P biomet offers both the biolox delta and the biolox delta option ceramic femoral heads.