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I have a severe allergy to cobalt which is in stainless steel and also a severe allergy to bone cement. Dr. Mark Tuttle in Denver Colorado does many revisions to failed surgeries involving knee replacement. He obtained a custom knee for me that did not contain cobalt or nickel. It was basically a titanium knee with another component that I don’t recall. It was cementless. I suggest that you contact as many doctors as is necessary to find the product and procedure that will work for you. I think that mine is what you would call a press in joint replacement. It is absolutely stable and the bone grows into the surface of the implant.