AAOS-2024 Orthopedic Implant Cobaltism
Stephen Tower
Stephen Tower
Authority on cobalt poisoning by hip replacement (cobaltism), Affiliated Professor UAA/ WWAMI, surgeon
This explains why anyone with a replaced knee, hip, or shoulder should consider a urine cobalt level at a Quest Lab. Also why you should not consent to the implantation of any cobalt-chromium Orthopedic-Implant (knee, hip, shoulder, spine)