Winnipeg athlete warns others about metal-on-metal hip implants after suffering life-changing reaction

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 17:40 in Health & Medicine

​A Winnipeg athlete’s hip surgery was supposed to transform his life, but led instead to a nightmare of pain and illness that hasn’t let up. The problems with metal-on-metal hip implants have prompted calls from Canada’s orthopedic surgeons for mandatory participation in a national joint replacement registry.

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