I just found this site some days ago and i've been very glad i did. I want to share my own experience as i have been worried lately about my new hip.
I had THR on my left hip in 2006, spent about 6 weeks in the hospital before i was discharged. It all went fine then and i have had no problem with it ever since. Last year(2008), i had problems with my right hip and the surgeon recommended a THR for the right hip too. I had the surgery but this time the hip dislocated 2 weeks after surgery while still on the bed. The surgeon relocated the hip by manipulation and put some POP on my foot to prevent me from rotating the hip joint. one week later while sleeping i felt a sound and movement in my hip. In the morning when i did an xray, the ball was out of the joint again. This time the surgeon relocated the joint by manipulation an put some POP from my waist down to my foot to prevent the waist from moving too.
Eight weeks later, the POP was removed and i started using clutches. What bothers me now is that my leg and knee is so stiff that i cant move it on my own and i have to keep my leg straight when sitting, lying down or moving. Its 3 weeks after the POP has been removed and I sometimes feel some sliding movements and clicking sound in my right hip but i dont feel it has dislocated. I also feel some pain on my upper thigh and at my lower buttock which subsides a little after some rest. And my operative wound has a tiny hole that keeps draining and has not dried up.
I didnt know much about the types of implant before now but i knw i am on cementless implants. I am 24 years old.
Any comment and feedback will be highly appreciated. Thanks
I had THR on my left hip in 2006, spent about 6 weeks in the hospital before i was discharged. It all went fine then and i have had no problem with it ever since. Last year(2008), i had problems with my right hip and the surgeon recommended a THR for the right hip too. I had the surgery but this time the hip dislocated 2 weeks after surgery while still on the bed. The surgeon relocated the hip by manipulation and put some POP on my foot to prevent me from rotating the hip joint. one week later while sleeping i felt a sound and movement in my hip. In the morning when i did an xray, the ball was out of the joint again. This time the surgeon relocated the joint by manipulation an put some POP from my waist down to my foot to prevent the waist from moving too.
Eight weeks later, the POP was removed and i started using clutches. What bothers me now is that my leg and knee is so stiff that i cant move it on my own and i have to keep my leg straight when sitting, lying down or moving. Its 3 weeks after the POP has been removed and I sometimes feel some sliding movements and clicking sound in my right hip but i dont feel it has dislocated. I also feel some pain on my upper thigh and at my lower buttock which subsides a little after some rest. And my operative wound has a tiny hole that keeps draining and has not dried up.
I didnt know much about the types of implant before now but i knw i am on cementless implants. I am 24 years old.
Any comment and feedback will be highly appreciated. Thanks
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