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Total hip replacement - What to expect for recovery

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 21, 2024 | Replies (152)
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Do you know what material they used? Titanium? Did they glue?

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breick | @breick | Jan 27, 2021

@palmsprings59 Mine was a direct anterior THR, but not all doctors do that method as a special operating table is needed. (Mine was done at Mayo in Rochester.) The stem is titanium. The ball is ceramic. The cup is titanium with a polyethylene liner. No glue, but one screw was placed in the cup.

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