If you are considering an artificial hip replacement, make sure you discuss with your doctors a new editorial in the Journal of Arthroplasty warning of complications with a popular medical procedure.
LawyersandSettlements.com, a leading Internet site for consumer lawyers, notes that the Journal is warning doctors to use metal-on-metal devices only with “great caution, if at all.”
“The metal-on-metal devices are used in about one third of all hip replacement surgeries in the US each year, totaling a quarter million annually. The New York Times reported yesterday that some of the nation’s leading orthopedic surgeons have stopped or significantly reduced their use of the devices to reports of severe tissue and bone damage in some patients,” LawyersandSettlements.com said.
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A great resource for anyone who is preparing for hip surgery, but would like an insiders account before they do, should read David Sharman’s book, “Hip replacement in Kettering General Hospital.â€
He shares how to prepare, what to expect, what could go wrong, etc. all of the pro’s and con’s from his first-hand experience.
I’m also recommending this book, because it is very well written in my opinion.
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