When I talk to people about my bike wreck and my new titanium parts in my hip, some of them will joke about how I going to set off airport metal detectors when I fly. Curious if this was true I did some research on the Internet and found: more than half of all orthopaedic implants may be detected by metal detectors. Bad. Plates, screws, intramedullary nails and wires are rarely detected. Good. I have an intramedullary nail. Cobalt-chromium and titanium implants are much more likely to be detected than stainless-steel implants. Bad. My nail is titanium. Lower-extremity implants are detected 10 times more often than upper-extremity implants. Bad. Mine is in my hip. Three bads and one good. Looks like I'm going to have to take some extra time to get through security the next time I fly.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Day 36 - Airport Detectors
When I talk to people about my bike wreck and my new titanium parts in my hip, some of them will joke about how I going to set off airport metal detectors when I fly. Curious if this was true I did some research on the Internet and found: more than half of all orthopaedic implants may be detected by metal detectors. Bad. Plates, screws, intramedullary nails and wires are rarely detected. Good. I have an intramedullary nail. Cobalt-chromium and titanium implants are much more likely to be detected than stainless-steel implants. Bad. My nail is titanium. Lower-extremity implants are detected 10 times more often than upper-extremity implants. Bad. Mine is in my hip. Three bads and one good. Looks like I'm going to have to take some extra time to get through security the next time I fly.
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