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Painful total hip or total knee: Do I have an allergy to the metal prosthesis?
I routinely see patients who are in pain and frustrated with…
Guest Blog: “My Experience with Hip Replacement Surgery,” by Danny More
At the Leone Center for Orthopedic Care, we treat and care for many patients who have developed problems associated with their prosthetic hips or knees. Recently, a number of specific prostheses, including a class of hip stems with modular necks, were recalled because they had been determined to cause significant problems in some individuals.