All artificial hip implants carry risks including wear of the component material.
Metal on metal hip replacement.
Metal on metal mom hip implants have unique risks in addition to the general risks of all hip implants.
Some patients who had a hip replacement prior to may 18 2016 may have received a metal on metal hip implant.
If you re not sure what type of implant you have or you have any concerns about your hip you can consult your doctor for advice.
When they work well metal on metal hip resurfacing and total hip replacements give years of trouble free use with very low levels of wear.
Metal on metal hip replacements were designed with two specific potential advantages.
Collect information on adverse events and the rates and time since.
The fda has provided information for patients with a metal on metal hip implant.
However some metal on metal implants can fail increasing the amount of wear and producing small amounts of debris.
First the size of the ball of the ball and socket implant can be larger.
They are done on very few people now so this may not affect you.