Possible risks from a ceramic hip replacement?
Like other procedures, ceramic hip surgery carries potential risks, such as:
- response to anesthesia [2]
- infections [3]
- a lot of blood
- clots of blood
Also, following surgery, it’s possible to feel:
- a dislocated hip
- broken bones
- nerve injury
- bone loss
- joint infection
- responses to the particles or ions produced by the implant, especially if metal was used
- hip or leg discomfort
- swelling
- squeaking sounds coming from the hip joint
- one leg being longer or shorter than the other