The risk of prosthetic joint infection with oxidised zirconium-on-polyethylene components in total hip arthroplasty: a comparison to conventional bearings

OxZroP bearings for primary total hip arthroplasty demonstrated a reduced odds ratio of prosthetic joint infection and inflammatory-related diagnoses than ceramic-on-polyethylene bearings before 6 months and maintained lower odds than metal-on-polyethylene bearings at up to 2 years. Further studies are needed to obtain longer-term follow-up and understand the mechanism for this observed reduction in prosthetic joint infection and inflammatory-related diagnoses.