How to get an MRI done with metal inside your body?
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I can't believe they won't talk to the issue over the phone - that's jacked.
One question; I thought true stainless (IE surgical) was also nonmagnetic.
I think there's a bigger issue with imaging around the affected areas than a pain issue, but the person doing the imaging is the person that's going to be able to talk to it best.
One question; I thought true stainless (IE surgical) was also nonmagnetic.
I think there's a bigger issue with imaging around the affected areas than a pain issue, but the person doing the imaging is the person that's going to be able to talk to it best.
My guess is surgical stainless steel has very little iron in the alloy. So little in fact, it will probably not have a reaction to the MRI. 304 stainless can have magnetic properties, 316 on up have almost no mag properties.
I say wing it. It'd be a cool story. I don't think I have ever met anyone that had screws ripped from their arm or what ever.
Lastly, I've got back problems too. I've had an MRI to diagnose what the problem was. Once I found out what it was there was need for another MRI. Unless things have changed it probably isn't necessary.
I say wing it. It'd be a cool story. I don't think I have ever met anyone that had screws ripped from their arm or what ever.
Lastly, I've got back problems too. I've had an MRI to diagnose what the problem was. Once I found out what it was there was need for another MRI. Unless things have changed it probably isn't necessary.
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MRI's use such a strong magnetic field that even jail house tattoos (that use trace metals) can be ripped out of the skin and thats why Im freaked out.
Yeah, surgical stainless steel or regular stainless steel still won't work with the MRI. AFAIK, only metal that can get in the MRI used these days is titanium. I'm pretty sure my stainless steel rods in my back are not 100% SS, but it will still not work in the MRI. Like Bruce said, you can't even have a little necklace or bracelet, so having a ton of screws in your body doesn't work lol.
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WTF? Phone appointment? When I had lab work and a thyroid ultrasound at El Camino in Sunnyvale/Mountain View my doctor called me later in the day after both things. One to suggest pump changes, and the other time to go over the ultrasound results. I've gotten the same quality of treatment from doctors in Salinas too. Damn I'm glad I don't have to deal with Kaiser.
I can't believe they won't talk to the issue over the phone - that's jacked.
One question; I thought true stainless (IE surgical) was also nonmagnetic.
I think there's a bigger issue with imaging around the affected areas than a pain issue, but the person doing the imaging is the person that's going to be able to talk to it best.
One question; I thought true stainless (IE surgical) was also nonmagnetic.
I think there's a bigger issue with imaging around the affected areas than a pain issue, but the person doing the imaging is the person that's going to be able to talk to it best.
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Unfortunately, yes.
<- also has Kaiser.
Everything I can find on surgical implants (NOT THOSE SURGICAL IMPLANTS DAMMIT) seems to imply that a little bit of warmth is all that happens for stainless and TI, but I'd go by whatever the MRI tech says.
<- also has Kaiser.
Everything I can find on surgical implants (NOT THOSE SURGICAL IMPLANTS DAMMIT) seems to imply that a little bit of warmth is all that happens for stainless and TI, but I'd go by whatever the MRI tech says.
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you'll be fine. do you really think the doctors would put something in you if it meant that later they couldn't bill you a ****load for something esle? that's just bad business. unless your surgery was done in a 3rd world country (fresno) you'll be fine.
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Titanium is the only metal you should have in your body as far as hardware is concerned. (not considering some gangster *** old-school solid gold tooth cavity fillings)
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No, I'm stationary. When I need to transport someone I let AMR come pick em up.
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More than 1 out of every 4000 surgeries results in "stuff" being unintentionally left inside of patients. Doctors are people too, and some of them are stupid.
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