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That particular implant, from a different manufacturer, has been linked to chromium cobalt toxicity and other issues. It was recalled in 2016 and you should have been notified by the surgeon and tested then. Wright Medical was the manufacturer; Johnson & Johnson was primarily the marketer of a variety of implants.
If your total hip replacement was done before 2016, you should find out which one it is too.
Please get your doctor to do a serum cobalt blood test as well. Have you gotten an appointment with a revision surgeon yet?
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The surgeon who did my hip RESURFACING in 2004 had moved out of the country a few years later and since has passed away.
I will find out which one they used in 2015. I will ask for the operative report on that surgery also.
I see my dr on the 18th and will request bloodwork for chromium and cobalt. I do not have an appointment with a revision surgeon yet. Thank you for your guidance in with this matter, you are very kind and patient.