[ConservativeMind]

If going for an implant, remember this:

“No increase in cerebrospinal fluid metal levels was observed in patients with implants lacking cobalt-chromium-molybdenum components.”

I would find out the materials used to specifically make the wear surfaces. There are alternative now available. Zirconium is one.

[ConservativeMind]

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[Beowulf9]

Great.

[Strict9]

they say that by the time you die, you have enough plastic in your brain to make a spork. We are all going to die of something - nobody gets out alive.

[immadashell]

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[MayflowerMadam]

I’m screwed.

[Larry Lucido]

“I gotta have a central nervous system.”

Kramer

[9YearLurker]

I’d imagine from tooth implants and whatnot as well?

[Hattie]

Spouse has 50 year old metal in one hip and 45 year in the other. Will be 98yo
next month and has no dementia, just usual slowing down walking with cane or walker

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[telescope115]

Thanks for this; my wife had one knee replacement surgery about 7 years ago. She needs the other replaced later this year. I’ll remember to ask the surgeon about the composition of the replacement, and if alternatives are available.

[rdcbn1]

Nothing new here, metal ion release from implants has been a serious concern since the 1980s. And it's not just from wear, it's from the ions chemically leaching out of the metal itself

Most hip implants these days have moved to titanium and the use of ceramic and polymer wear surfaces for just this reason