Over the past several years, ceramic-based hip replacements have become all the rage. Now, they're incurring it. Ceramic-on-ceramic hip implants, as well as related ceramic implant components, have ...

TONICA, Ill. (AP) David Nagel was determined to play through his bad hip and push his sunken bowling average back into the 180s. But the 55-year-old Tonica man had underestimated the arthritis that ...

Hip implants with a delta ceramic or oxidized zirconium head and highly crosslinked polyethylene liner or cup had the lowest risk of revision during the 15 years after surgery, a new study has found.

Months after getting a ceramic hip replacement, some patients may be startled to find their artificial joint starts squeaking. Not everyone who gets a ceramic fitting will end up getting one that ...