Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (17): 3148-3155.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.17.015

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Hip squeaking after ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty

Liu Jing-feng1, Feng Jian-min2   

  1. 1 Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Shanghai  200025, China
    2 Department of Orthopedics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai  200025, China
  • Received:2012-11-03 Revised:2012-12-17 Online:2013-04-23 Published:2013-04-23
  • Contact: Feng Jian-min, Chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China fengjm_cn@yahoo.com
  • About author:Liu Jing-feng★, Master, Attending physician, Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Shanghai 200025, China liujingfenghm@hotmail.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Total hip arthroplasty with ceramic-on-ceramic bearings is widely used in clinic. But more and more researches report that hip squeaking may increasingly occur in some patients after ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty which can influence not only the surgical satisfaction of patients, but also the quality of daily life severely.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the current opinions and studies concerning hip squeaking, to elucidate the incidence and risk factors of hip squeaking, and to explore the mechanism and clinical strategy of hip squeaking.
METHODS: The PubMed database was searched for the articles on risk factors, causes and mechanisms of hip squeaking from January 1972 to December 2012 with the key words of “total hip arthroplasy, hip squeaking, and hip noise” which match titles and abstracts.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Hip squeaking may occur in ceramic-on-ceramic bearing surfaces and metal-on-metal bearing surfaces with different frequencies. A number of factors may lead to hip squeaking after total hip arthroplasty, which mainly included patient factors, surgical factors and prosthesis factors, and these factors may be influenced with each other. The recent researches showed that other factors may also contribute to hip squeaking, including edge loading, stripe wear, prosthesis impingement and lack of lubrication and third-body particles. Therefore, hip squeaking after hip arthroplasty is the multiple factors caused interface abnormal friction, thus results in prosthesis vibration and generates abnormal sound. Most patients just need clinical follow-up, and few patients require surgical intervention.

Key words: bone and joint implants, review of bone and joint, ceramic-on-ceramic bearing, metal-on-metal bearing, total hip arthroplasty, hip joint, hip noise, prosthesis, wear rate, friction, third particles, review literature

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