Hello,
After reading some of the other posts I feel as if I need to share my story hoping that there may be a answer for me out there somewhere.
In March I underwent a Mako RoboticTotal Hip Replacement of the right hip, frontal bikini Incision.
Recovery went well. I took PT better than normal and worked up to 4 days a week walking up to 2 miles per walk.
In mid May I ended up getting a high fever, 103, and ended up I'm the ER trying to get the tempature down.
At the end of the Incision at the end of May I began to see some irritation. I had alerted my surgeon and was told to keep an eye on it.
In mid October a rash started that was small at first then grew to over 8 inches in size almost overnight. (Some days it's warm to the touch and somewhat itchy, other days it is slightly red.) I got back in to see the surgeon and was put on antibiotics for 15 days. He wasn't sure what it could be but wanted to see if the rash would respond to the antibiotics.
By Thanksgiving the rash grew bigger, now wrapping nearly around the side of the thigh. I went back to see the surgeon and blood was drawn. Some elevation in the white blood cells but nothing more yet the rash/ bruise began to get red some days other days it would get lighter but not go away.
By first week of December I made a decision to go into the ER. A total blood count was done, a CT scan was done, and Ultrasound. What was revealed was not surprising. Just above at the end of the Incision where the bruise/ rash is is a large hematoma/ seroma. At the top of the Incision was a fluid base seroma that was suspicious.
I took this information and went back to the ER. I was admitted for 4 days, and given antibiotics. They did asberate the fluid area seroma and got infectious disease involved. They incubated the blood to see if it would grow anything as an infection, nothing grew.
As of today the results of my follow up appointment with my primary care physician is is that I am being referred to get a second opinion from another surgeon to see if this is a allergy to the titanium. If it is a revision is going to need to happen. My range of motion is back to being limited. The redness in the rash/ bruise is back, same size as it was when I was admitted to the hospital over Christmas.
This has been extremely frustrating for me.
Has anyone out there heard of this? Is this an allergic reaction to the metal implant?
After reading some of the other posts I feel as if I need to share my story hoping that there may be a answer for me out there somewhere.
In March I underwent a Mako RoboticTotal Hip Replacement of the right hip, frontal bikini Incision.
Recovery went well. I took PT better than normal and worked up to 4 days a week walking up to 2 miles per walk.
In mid May I ended up getting a high fever, 103, and ended up I'm the ER trying to get the tempature down.
At the end of the Incision at the end of May I began to see some irritation. I had alerted my surgeon and was told to keep an eye on it.
In mid October a rash started that was small at first then grew to over 8 inches in size almost overnight. (Some days it's warm to the touch and somewhat itchy, other days it is slightly red.) I got back in to see the surgeon and was put on antibiotics for 15 days. He wasn't sure what it could be but wanted to see if the rash would respond to the antibiotics.
By Thanksgiving the rash grew bigger, now wrapping nearly around the side of the thigh. I went back to see the surgeon and blood was drawn. Some elevation in the white blood cells but nothing more yet the rash/ bruise began to get red some days other days it would get lighter but not go away.
By first week of December I made a decision to go into the ER. A total blood count was done, a CT scan was done, and Ultrasound. What was revealed was not surprising. Just above at the end of the Incision where the bruise/ rash is is a large hematoma/ seroma. At the top of the Incision was a fluid base seroma that was suspicious.
I took this information and went back to the ER. I was admitted for 4 days, and given antibiotics. They did asberate the fluid area seroma and got infectious disease involved. They incubated the blood to see if it would grow anything as an infection, nothing grew.
As of today the results of my follow up appointment with my primary care physician is is that I am being referred to get a second opinion from another surgeon to see if this is a allergy to the titanium. If it is a revision is going to need to happen. My range of motion is back to being limited. The redness in the rash/ bruise is back, same size as it was when I was admitted to the hospital over Christmas.
This has been extremely frustrating for me.
Has anyone out there heard of this? Is this an allergic reaction to the metal implant?