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In this episode of Heavily Metalled, I sit down with Fort Worth neurosurgeon Dr. Gregory Smith, DO for an important conversation about spinal hardware, metal hypersensitivity, and what happens when implanted hardware may be contributing to a patient’s symptoms. Dr. Smith has removed spinal hardware for me personally, as well as for many other patients, and he takes metal allergy testing seriously when evaluating these complex cases. We discuss LTT blood testing, the role it can play alongside a ...