Re: MRI and Screws used in surgery

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Before my surgery 5 weeks ago and 6 screws, I had an MRI on my

TMJ/jaw with a full set of braces on!! If they can work around that,

I would think that little screws wouldn't cause a big problem.

Unless, it depends on the material used in making the screws.

> My 15 year old daughter has to have jaw surgery with the use of

> screws. I heard that she will never be able to get an MRI if

> needed. Is this true?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Before my surgery 5 weeks ago and 6 screws, I had an MRI on my

TMJ/jaw with a full set of braces on!! If they can work around that,

I would think that little screws wouldn't cause a big problem.

Unless, it depends on the material used in making the screws.

> My 15 year old daughter has to have jaw surgery with the use of

> screws. I heard that she will never be able to get an MRI if

> needed. Is this true?

[Guest guest]

The plates and screws used in surgery are made from non-ferrous

metals. So therefore, they would have no effect on the MRI

equipment. So the answer is " no " ...it is not true.

> My 15 year old daughter has to have jaw surgery with the use of

> screws. I heard that she will never be able to get an MRI if

> needed. Is this true?

[Guest guest]

Not true at all, unless she's getting something quite different than

all the screws I know of -- and I have six in my lower jaw. Neither

will she set of airport security devices, nor metal scanners, unless

Messrs Bush, thorney and whoever come up with something a heckuva lot

more sensitive than the present technology.

I was in the room while a beloved one had an MRI, both before and

after braces. There is a huge metal pin in the patient's shoulder...

No problem-o.

What may be a problem-o, though, is that you need to be certain that

her growth is complete before they do this surgery. That's really,

really important.

Cammie

> My 15 year old daughter has to have jaw surgery with the use of

> screws. I heard that she will never be able to get an MRI if

> needed. Is this true?