New to this group. My husband had a Wright Conserve L Hip replacement done in 2006 (MOM). This device was not on the recall list. He recently went in for a consult on his R hip which he will have replaced in June of this year.

Blood work showed chromium level of 4.3 and cobalt level of 16.6. An MRI of the MOM L hip replacement was advised in the future to rule out fluid collection and soft tissue destruction. We were told that if a revision was required, that the surgery would be much worse than the original surgery as it would require splitting the femur in half to remove the femoral stem. Apparently, the Conserve hip consists of 3 separate parts (the femoral stem, femoral head and acetabular cup). Our doc said the surgery would require 8 weeks of non-weight bearing. Needless to say, my husband is not willing to have this extensive, invasive surgery as his left hip is not causing him any problems.

Has anyone out there had a revision surgery on a Conserve hip where just the head and the cup were replaced with ceramic? Seems like this would be much less invasive with less recovery time.

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