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Artificial joint
An artificial joint is a metal or plastic prosthesis that is used in surgical replacements of a natural joint.
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What is an artificial joint made from?
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What does it meant to have an artificial joint?
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What are THE top reasons for getting artificial joint?
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Can an artificial joint manifest a reaction or symptoms?
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What is the deal with statin drugs and artificial joints??
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What sort of problem is joint replacement with an artificial joint?
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A 33-year old asked:
What are the advantages of using artificial joints over transplants?
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A 24-year old asked:
What materials are artificial joints made of?
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A 25-year old asked:
What is the reason that natural body joints last longer than artificial joints?
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A 30-year old asked:
What are the advantages of artificial joints over transplant joints?
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A 42-year old asked:
How big a surgery is replacing an ?ankle joint with an artificial joint?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me the signs of an allergic reaction due to artificial joints?
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A 30-year old asked:
Is it possible?to ?replace an injured ac shoulder joint with an artificial joint?
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A 41-year old asked:
Are there any other total knee replacement options, other than traditional artificial joint replacement surgery?
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A 34-year old asked:
Have scientists found total knee replacement options, other than traditional artificial joint replacement surgery?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is an artificial wrist joint suggested for a 27 y/o male?
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A 34-year old asked:
is titanium used to make artificial hip joints?
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A 40-year old asked:
Will taking oils make artificial hip joints work better?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is the best artificial knee joint available for today?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is it possible that replace artificial knee joint twice for one person?
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A 30-year old male asked:
What's up Doc??? Is there any truth to the surgery, that they actually replace your facet joints with artificial ?
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A 59-year old female asked:
I am 59 yrs old getting my 3rd joint replacement. I have had a shoulder,a hip& I am soon replacing my other shoulder. Is there artificial cartilage?
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A 42-year old asked:
Why do my joints ache in the mornings?
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A 36-year old asked:
What does flexing a joint mean exactly?
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A 23-year old asked:
How could you tell if a joint is swollen?
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A member asked:
what might be causing the aches in my joints?
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A 22-year old male asked:
How babies born physically attached or joint?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is it really possible to be born double jointed?
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A 18-year old female asked:
how dangerous is it to have fluid in your joints?
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What is the technical explanation of being double jointed?
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