Ceramic Head Femoral

Non sleeved ceramic femoral heads should only be implanted on pristine non damaged stems.

Ceramic head femoral.

The biolox delta option ceramic head features a titanium neck sleeve designed to allow surgeons to utilize a ceramic head in either primary or. Therefore a ceramic on poly replacement has the advantage of the lip and a ceramic on ceramic has the advantage of being tougher and permitting the use of a larger femoral head. 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. Biolox delta ceramic femoral head.

This lip serves to lower the risk of dislocation. A ceramic cup can not incorporate the lip that is a standard part of a plastic cup liner. 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. The option is comprised of two components.

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. The stress at the taper bore interface is decreased with a 28 mm short neck femoral head. In a few ceramic hip. Ceramic ball heads reduce polyethylene wear to significantly less than 0 1 mm per year.

Head and stem combinations. P biomet offers both the biolox delta and the biolox delta option ceramic femoral heads. The biolox delta component is a traditional one piece ceramic head indicated for primary hip arthroplasty only. Ceramic femoral heads revised 5 6 2019 page 1 of 3 indicates combination is approved by zimmer inc indicates combination is not approved by zimmer inc xx xx xx r r r r r r r r 8 r r r r aca stem acora cemented stem alloclassic sla and sl 64 stem alloclassic sll revision stem.

Thus 28 mm short neck ceramic heads also might be at a risk of fracture. In revision cases a sleeved ceramic femoral head with a taper adaptor should be implanted. After surgical operations of osteosynthesis operation for restoration of joint function arthrodesis. 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.

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. The need for a low wear ceramic bearing in revision arthroplasty was not available in the past.