Homebound dementia patients are also more likely to present for hip replacement surgery resulting from fractures.
Metal hip replacement and dementia.
Seniors with dementia in particular are at increased risk for fractures that can lead to hip replacement surgery.
Doctors are being urged to check for signs of dementia or heart disease in hip implant patients.
Metal on metal hip replacements can release high levels of metal particles like cobalt and chromium into a patient s body.
All artificial hip implants carry risks including wear of the component material.
Dementia and metal on metal hip replacements.
Many metal on metal mom total hip replacement implants have been recalled due to high failure rates.
This happens when the metal surfaces of the cup and ball rub together and flake off tiny metal ions that travel through the body in the bloodstream causing metal poisoning.
There are concerns that the metal on metal devices are leaching toxic chemicals into the blood.
This study assesses the mental health of 10 patients who underwent revision surgery for failed mom implants.
Dementia affects 5 8 of people aged 60 and over and is a major cause of disability in the elderly multiple studies have shown total hip arthroplasty tha to be effective in the elderly population but few studies have evaluated tha in patients with dementia if life expectancy increases it is likely that more patients will have arthritis and dementia.
Neuropsychiatric symptoms following metal on metal implant failure with cobalt and chromium toxicity abstract.