What Equipment Will I Need At Home After Surgery?
Everyone has slightly different needs. There are some basic items almost everyone needs and then there are things that some people want and others just don’t need.
Must Haves:
Crutches – Normally crutches are supplied by the hospital. I used elbow crutches and they are much easier to use than normal under the arm crutches. Overseas hospitals use elbow crutches while US hospital still normally use … Read the rest
Dr. De Smet Discusses Clinking and Clicking after Hip Resurfacing Surgery
The clunking noises and clicking feeling in the first 6 months after hip resurfacing surgery is a temporary decoaptation of both components. This means that the two big metal parts of the prosthesis come apart and come together again. Having a large diameter gives no wear of the prosthesis and will not destroy anything. Because of the release of the capsule around the hip … Read the rest
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Patients often rely on information from other patients that have already had surgery. Of course, you should always ask you own surgeon what pre op and post op information they can supply.
Dr. Gross patients have posted suggestions for others after their surgery:
and some generic suggestions for post op exercises, of course you should follow your own surgeons suggestions first.
https://surfacehippy.info/typical-post-op-exercises-done-after-hip-surgery/
I also included water exercises by Evelyne from Dr. De Smet. They are … Read the rest
Aspirin, Xarelto show no difference in preventing venous thromboembolism after TJA.
Among patients who received 5 days of rivaroxaban prophylaxis after total hip or total knee arthroplasty, extended prophylaxis with aspirin was not significantly different from rivaroxaban in the prevention of symptomatic venous thromboembolism.
After patients received once-daily oral Xarelto (rivaroxaban, Bayer Pharma) until postoperative day 5, Michael Dunbar, MD, FRCSC, PhD, and colleagues then randomly assigned 3,424 patients … Read the rest
Published on Dec 15, 2017
Do I need any rehabilitation or physiotherapy after the surgery? Can I return to sports? Patients who received BHR surgery will share the post-operation rehabilitation process and how they benefit from the surgery.
Please visit www.asiamedicalspecialists.hk if you would like to get more information on hip problems or BHR.… Read the rest
…a new study to be presented Thursday, March 16, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), found that even patients who live alone can recover effectively and safely at home…
…(The Study) involved 769 patients undergoing primary THR or TKR. Of these, 138 patients lived alone and 631 lived with other people. In both groups, patients age 75 and older were well represented. … Read the rest
Clamshell Exercise at 1 Month Post Op Surgery
Figure 4 stretch Exercise at 1 Month Post Op Surgery
Dangle stretch Exercise at 1 Month Post Op Surgery
Child’s pose stretch Exercise at 1 Month Post Op Surgery
Jackknife stretch Exercise at 1 Month Post Op Surgery
Video demonstration of 1 month exercises (thanks to Dynamic Sports Physical Therapy in NYC!)
Video demonstration of 1 month exercises (thanks to Dynamic Sports Physical … Read the rest
Dr. De Smet
How long will my leg continue to swell and hurt?
The pain usually decreases rapidly during the first days, but discomfort can continue for a couple of months. The swelling is due to alterations in fluid return up the limb, and will gradually diminish, but may take a couple of months or longer. Mobilization, exercise, stockings and elevation helps.… Read the rest
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Dr. De Smet
When can I go up and down stairs?
You should learn to walk stairs with the physiotherapist at the hospital a few days after the operation on ndividual basis.<… Read the rest
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Features information from patients and doctors
Psoas tendinitis is an important reason for groin pain in resurfacing surgery. This is peculiar to resurfacing as the cup for resurfacing is a very large profile ie half a sphere. Nearly all THR cups are only portions (arc) of a hemisphere.
Hence if the antero-posterior orientation i.e., version of the cup is marginally off the ideal, it would not be … Read the rest
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Dr. Mont
I like antibiotics for up to two years after any joint
replacement. After two years only for procedures
that lead to blood like endodontic surgery. This
is also a controversial topic. We wrote two
papers on this topic and only found possible
dental related infections in patients that had
oral procedures that were greater than 1 hour
with blood loss that did not get antibiotics.
The problem is that sometimes patients don’t
know … Read the rest