THE PAST MEDICAL JOURNEY OF OUR VETERAN A growing number of patients with metal-on-metal total hip replacements have required revision surgery, although the vast majority of patients do well with the all metal implants. An estimated 93,000 metal-on-metal total hip replacement implants have been recalled by the manufacturer. In the extreme forms, the severity of reactions can be far worse than the adverse reactions to other forms of total hip replacements. The severity may extend to destruction of large segments of muscles or the sciatic nerve, in addition to destruction of bone (periprosthetic osteolysis). There have been reports of revision operations in these extreme examples (described as “pseudotumors”), which are distinctly inferior to the ordinary revision operations for multiple causes of other sorts, including periprosthetic osteolysis from polyethylene. Please visit our store where you can purchase a t-shirt to help show your support: caringheartsusa
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