Comparison between metal, alumina, and delta head on highly cross-linked polyethylene liner
Objectives and questions: To evaluate (1) the national trends of metal and ceramic head in THA, and (2) survivorship of metal versus ceramic femoral heads when used with an HXLPE liner. Material and methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort(registry) study using the Korean NHIS (National Health [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
Institutions
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/25dkou316
- Primary Topic
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00