Evaluate the safety and efficacy of the CeramTec Acetabular Alumina Insert and CeramTec Alumina head when used with the Foundation Porous Coated Acetabular Shell and an Encore hip stem.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
342
CeramTec Acetabular Alumina Insert and CeramTec Alumina head used with Foundation Porous Coated Acetabular Shell
Foundation Porous Coated Acetabular Shell with Polyethylene Insert with the CeramTec Alumina head
Mark Newman, Inc.
Newport Beach, California, United States
Charleston Orthopaedic Assoc.
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Advanced Orthopaedic Centers
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Alumina/Alumina articulation will perform as well as the alumina/polyethylene.
Time frame: 5 year
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