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. 2009 Nov 1;34(8):1129–1135. doi: 10.1007/s00264-009-0899-6

Table 3.

Complications

Total Alumina/alumina CoCr/HXLPE p
Revisions, n (%) 2 (1.3) 0 2 (2.6) 0.23
  Cup 0 0 0 1.00
  Stem 1 (0.6) 0 1 (1.3) 0.47
  Liner and/or head only 1 (0.6) 0 1 (1.3) 0.47
Ceramic fracture - 0 - -
Dislocation 3 (1.9) 1 (1.2) 2 (2.6) 0.61
Ceramic liner chip - 3 (3.6) - -
Intraop. femoral crack 1 (0.6) 1 (1.2) 0 0.34
Deep joint infection 0 0 0 1.00
Heterotopic bone 6 (3.8) 3 (3.6) 3 (4.0) 0.91
Deep venous thrombosis 1 (0.6) 0 1 (1.3) 0.29
Pulmonary embolism 0 0 0 1.00

CoCr cobalt chrome, HXLPE highly cross-linked polyethylene