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Pyrocarbon thumb joint replacement

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jan 16, 2023 | Replies (109)
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@tim2542

Im passing 9 months since my Stablyx implant and its not going well. It seems I have more pain than before the procedure. Staying patient and will wait for my 1 year anniversary before going back for an LRTI or something else. Cannot button my pants, hold an IPad etc with this thumb. Improvement is so slow its undectable if indeed there is any. Is the Stablyx also know as the Carbon implant?

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gregnashleanas | @gregnashleanas | Feb 7, 2019

I also had a Stablyx implant in April 2018. My pain is so bad I have a hard time picking up and holding a pencil, tightening up a nut on a bolt, opening a jar and basically anytime I use my right thumb. The surgeon has left town and his replacement told me I could either learn to live with it or he could remove it and perform another procedure for my original problem. Went to another surgeon out of town and was also told it needed to be removed. I have surgery scheduled to have him remove it on Feb. 15.

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