knee replacment?

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What do they use to make knees in knee replacment,I think it is titanium

2006-11-28 15:18:39 · 4 answers · asked by spaceman20 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management

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Usually they are mostly titanium. There is a small plastic piece that works kinda like the cartilage in your knee that is inserted between the two metal parts.

2006-11-28 15:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

It is titanium. My mother had her left knee done about a year and a half ago.

2006-11-28 15:25:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

my mom had a total knee in July '06 and they replaced hers with titanium.

2006-11-28 15:21:26 · answer #3 · answered by C_1984 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

they are in most cases-
I know that hips are my mom has 2 of them!

2006-11-28 15:21:25 · answer #4 · answered by Denise W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋