The risk of infection with a prosthesis is very low, and having HIV may increase the risk slightly. Even though the risk is low, an infection of the prosthesis is a real problem, and usually requires surgery to take it out and weeks of intravenous antibiotics.
Pins make it slower to get going again, and still carry some risk of infection.
In fact the overall risk may be slightly higher. However, if you get an infected pin, you only have to take out the infected pin, not the whole prosthesis. Experts appearing on this page are independent and are solely responsible for editing and fact-checking their material. Neither The Body nor any sponsor is the publisher or speaker of posted visitors' questions or the experts' material. Questions and messages posted to this forum are not statements of advice,opinion, or information of The Body, Body Health Resources Corporation or any sponsor of this forum.