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I had cervical discetomy 5 months ago c5/c7 with ...

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I had cervical discetomy 5 months ago c5/c7 with titanium plate and screws holding new bone in place.I continue to have pain and swelling in my neck muscles and throat.I had barium esophogram which was normal and mri of neck was normal and x-rays of neck are normal.Surgeon can not tell me what is causing the continuous swelling.I am searching for answers.

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October 8 2005 at 4:32 PM (4 hours and 8 seconds later)
         
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Although apparently very uncommon, there have been allergies to titanium.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11180773&dopt=Abstract

Do you have fever?



Edited by BarbaraTaylor on October 8 2005 at 4:32 PM

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