Is metal hypersensitivity testing unnecessary?

IS METAL HYPERSENSITIVTY TESTING UNNECESSARY? (Orthopedics This Week)

A new review article has found that the existing literature does not support preoperative metal hypersensivity testing. The article, “Metal Hypersensitivity in Total Joint Arthroplasty,” appears in the December 2018 edition of JBJS Reviews.
Nima Eftekhary, M.D., study co-author and resident at the NYU Langone Department of Orthopaedic Surgery told OTW, “The available literature regarding metal hypersensitivity is sparse. The topic is controversial. In discussing this topic with our colleagues we n...