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"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:59:18 -0300, wrote:
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>>On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:58:40 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:10:27 -0300, wrote:
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>>>
>>>>I agree. A friend had a hip replacement light years ago, when they
>>>>first started doing them, it was only later as a result of seeing
>>>>notice of a class action against porcelain replacement hips that she
>>>>knew anything could be amiss. When she checked with her doctor, he
>>>>checked, found she did indeed have a porcelain one and she had another
>>>>replacement before perhaps she fell and shattered the thing.
>>>
>>>Egads, using porcelain seems like a great material to use for a hip
>>>replacement <rolls eyes>.
>>
>>It's actually very durable but yes, not really what one wants for a
>>hip.
>
> Durable, but there's not much 'give' between it not breaking and
> breaking.

Of memory serves my knee replacements are made of titanium.

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