Re: risk of cancer

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I suspect that the only person who can answer your question is the OS you

have been talking too.......... No other surgeon of repute that most of us

know on this board has been able to supply any reports when asked.........

nor has anyone found anything on the web despite years of

searching............ I know my surgeon has been studying it for some time

and doing his own research and he had no knowledge of this when I asked him

in February............ As he is one of Australia's leading surgeons and

would be working extensively with metal in his operations one would have

thought if anyone knew he would..............

If metal screws are causing cancer I would think that the medical community

would be in uproar as they are so extensively used these days in many broken

bone mending procedures............ The company involved in making them

would also be in serious trouble and it being reported on news world

wide........... I have heard nothing on the news or any boards like this

one............

So I really think you need to go back and ask for specific references from

the horses mouth so to speak and what she is doing about alerting the

medical community to this issue about metal screws...........

Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02

> I went to an orthopedic surgeon yesterday with whom I would consult

locally after having a resurfacing out of state (if I decide to do that). I

asked her about the risk of cancer from a metal on metal device, and she

said that there are reports in the medical literature of localized cancers

(some bone, some soft tissue) associated with metal implants (although she

was not aware of any specifically with hip resurfacings). She said she had

two current patients who have localized cancers adjacent to metal screws.

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> Does anyone know anything about this subject or know how to find such

reports?

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