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hip replacement) The prosthetic ball-joint to be used in a hip replacement operation is checked for size and shape against an X-ray of the patient's hip joint. Such a check not only ensures accurate fit, but gives the surgeon an indication of how much filing and reaming of existing bone material will be necessary during the operation.
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In fact, tungsten is occasionally found as a minor component in some of the various alloys used to produce medical implant devices such as artificial hips and knees. Government inflation data do not track the cost of cardiac bypasses or of artificial hips (those costs are going down); instead, they track things like the cost of in-patient days (which is going up). The medical-friendly element is used in artificial hips, bone-fracture pins, even artificial hearts. |
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