Hey,
just got an information, that NuVasive doesnt ship any new Stryde Nails, because they do new internal quality control checks.
This is very bad news for anyone, who wants to do the surgery this year because nobody knows how long it will take.
Anyone heard about it yet?
Quote from: Highest on January 27, 2021, 08:43:16 AMWho told you they are not shipping any new Stryde nails? Regarding the quality checks are you saying that previously nuvasive did not do internal quality checks?
Of course I assume that there were quality controls in the first place, but apparently after 10,000 operations a few cases have now emerged that are being investigated
Quote from: Shhh on March 07, 2021, 01:29:33 PMHad f/u appointment with Dr. conway. Company rep was at appointment too.
VERY interesting inferences I took from this. Dr. Conway is professional and cautiously guarded. She nor the rep would make any official statements; they're not stupid to stick their necks out.
But I inferred these opinions and was not corrected by either.
-Stryde is NOT coming back ANYTIME soon..... and here's the big one.... not coming back potentially EVER.
-my chromium levels were double almost triple what would be "normal". BUT I believe for poisoning you would need at least 20 times the normal amount.
-I believe she is looking in a completely different direction from anything Nuvasive.
-The rep was quiet but would neither confirm nor deny any of my polite questions. The rep recommended Precise for anybody else. I asked him if the implant is stainless steel why or how could it be leaching these other elements? He said yes it is stainless but it is still formulated with other metals. Interesting.
To reiterate I am a 51 y/o physical therapist and ex-gymnast who achieved 8 cm at 51 years old consolidating just this past January. IMHO IMHO IMHO ..... this kind of stuff has happened with hip replacement surgery. But with a partial or total hip replacement you have a constant movement or constant rubbing of the ball and socket joint so I could understand how a poorly formulated implant could leach metal over time. But after the lengthening phase of the stryde nail it's existence in your body is static. So by that analogy there should be less exposure to these metals leaching because there is simply no more movement. what is very slightly concerning to me is in a hip replacement surgery you have a titanium femoral head (ball) that is rotating in the acetabulum (socket). The acetabulum is always a plastic composite material so you really don't have Metal on metal whereas in the distraction phase of the stryde nail you do have metal rotating on metal.
Still in the long term I could see a hip implant corroding overtime due to constant movement. I'm hoping the saving grace for those that have these nails is that after consolidation there is no movement. But is it a frictional sloughing of metals or is it truly a corrosion. Because if the operative word is corrosion that can be a bit concerning.
Yeah thx for the info. Im nearly 40 days post surgery with stryde. I will try to get my chromium level checked.
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