How to Evaluate a Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant

Metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties have become a burden for both surgeons and patients. As with traditional arthroplasty wear which causes osteolysis, reaction to metal-on- metals debris also causes soft tissue destruction. In the setting of a painful metal- on-metal hipArthroplasty, infection and fracture should always be ruled out,. followed by MRI to evaluate for soft tissue fluid collections or masses, term pseudotumors.