Possible Complications From Hip Replacement Surgery
As we age, various parts of our skeletal system begin to decline in function and can even fail. Often the points of failure are our joints including the knee joint and the hip joint. Medical science has created ways of replacing these joints with mechanical devices. You may know them as artificial hips and knees. The medical device industry calls them prosthetic replacements. These devices are made of exotic materials including cobalt, chromium, titanium and ceramics. We often feel that if a physician proposes these implants, that they have been tested and found to be safe by the FDA to...