Medical records received.
After review of medical records, the patient was revised to address painful left hip total hip replacement.
Patient complains of left groin and buttock pain, scratching noise in hip, catching and numbness/tingling, difficulty sitting for prolonged periods of time, and joint swelling.
Operative notes stated extensive intra-articular adverse tissue reaction with some changes of corrosion around the socket liner insert.
Extensive scarring and soft tissue reaction were noted to the metal-on-metal hip.
There was a surgical delay of 1.
30 hrs due to difficulty dislodging the metal liner.
Doi: (b)(6) 2010; dor: (b)(6) 2017 (left hip).
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