Abstract
According to Charnley, the rationale to reduce the head diameter in THA is in decreasing the friction torque and the volumetric wear, but, employing a ceramic-ceramic coupling instead of a metal-polyethylene one, bigger diameters can be used without increasing in a considerable way neither the volumetric wear rate nor the friction torque.
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Zagra, L., Giacometti Ceroni, R., Corbella, M. (2004). THA Ceramic-Ceramic Coupling: The Evaluation of the Dislocation Rate with Bigger Heads. In: Lazennec, JY., Dietrich, M. (eds) Bioceramics in Joint Arthroplasty. Ceramics in Orthopaedics. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7985-1968-8_28
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