Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.
Ceramic head femoral.
The biolox delta option ceramic head features a titanium neck sleeve designed to allow surgeons to utilize a ceramic head in either primary or.
Thus 28 mm short neck ceramic heads also might be at a risk of fracture.
This lip serves to lower the risk of dislocation.
The stress at the taper bore interface is decreased with a 28 mm short neck femoral head.
The titanium adapters have an internal 12 14 taper that mates with the femoral stem while the option heads have a taper designed to mate with the adapters.
In a few ceramic hip.
Biolox delta ceramic femoral head.
The zimmer biomet ceramic heads are intended for use as a component of a total hip or hemi hip prosthesis in primary and revision patients.
Ceramic femoral heads have an advantage over cobalt chrome femoral heads for total hip arthroplasty according to a presented at the current concepts in joint replacement winter.
Therefore a ceramic on poly replacement has the advantage of the lip and a ceramic on ceramic has the advantage of being tougher and permitting the use of a larger femoral head.
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The option is comprised of two components.
Non sleeved ceramic femoral heads should only be implanted on pristine non damaged stems.
Head and stem combinations.
The biolox delta component is a traditional one piece ceramic head indicated for primary hip arthroplasty only.
Low wear with multiple liner options.
After surgical operations of osteosynthesis operation for restoration of joint function arthrodesis.
Avascular necrosis of the femoral bone head and fracture of neck and head of the femur.
A ceramic cup can not incorporate the lip that is a standard part of a plastic cup liner.
Ceramic ball heads reduce polyethylene wear to significantly less than 0 1 mm per year.
The need for a low wear ceramic bearing in revision arthroplasty was not available in the past.
P biomet offers both the biolox delta and the biolox delta option ceramic femoral heads.