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Hip revision

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (23)

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@skipper60

Both of my hips have been replaced. My right one was 6 years ago and the left 5 years ago, same materials used. My right hip started squeaking in Nov. Went and an xray and found out my plastic liner was slipping down my femur ball was moving and could pop out. 3 days later I had revision surgery. The plastic liner was destroyed and the femur ball was scrapping the cup enough to leave metal fragments in my tissue. Strange thing is I had no pain. The recovery time for me was longer than the 1st time. I’ve never heard about wiring your bone though. Have you googled this at all? Infection is serious so you need to take care of this. Keep me posted

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Replies to "Both of my hips have been replaced. My right one was 6 years ago and the..."

Yes, when they had to remove my wife’s complete hip implant, placed a medicated spacer for 8 weeks and then a new implant. They had to split the femur to remove the old stem and once the new stem was placed they wrapped a wire around the femur where it remains!