DVT SUPPRESSION SOCKS

Wow! Reading all post here really makes me wonder. For sure I’d do whatever your surgeon or follow up person tells you.

i’m in NS Canada and will be 4 months post op TLHR on the 28 th. Was given a prescription for 14 days blood thinner post op and no mention of compression stocking. I have varicose veins and have a number of pair of compression stockings. I wore them as my leg ached and I had some swelling. No particular length of time or specifically day or night. I needed to have a break from them also,but they brought relief.

Hi

I'm nearly3weeks post thr had suppression socks for 2days after op and hospital says didn't need them any further and now have to inject myself for a month in tummy for blood thining which is better as socks i found very annoying

Still doing exercises and walking plenty feel very fit and well so I agree I didn't need socks but maybe it's different with other people good wishes

Hi Marilyn, I’m 8 weeks post dynamic hip screw op, I was only ever given one sock for the non-operated leg as the hospital (uk) said they didn’t recommend it onthe operated leg due to swelling, makes it too tight they said. I stopped wearing the one sock after three weeks as 1. I had had enough lol 2. I was not in bed all day 3. Doing some exercises and 4. Taking apixaban blood thinner which I still take as it’s for a heart condition. You could compromise and take them off during the day and keep on in bed while you sleep (if you’re lucky enough to sleep!). Vanessa 

I'm in the US. I think over here most people do not use compression socks and do not give themselves blood thinning injections. I was told to take a small-dose aspirin every day for 30 days. That was it.

 

Wow, are most of the people on this board from England?  No such protocol where I had my surgery in California.  There was never any mention of blood thinning injections or support stockings.  I was to take one aspirin a day for a month.  I think the surgeons in England are using older surgery methods, thus the precautions.  The VERY ACCOMPLISHED surgeon, and in fact all of the orthopedic surgeons (at

Hoag Orthopedic hospital) use the Hana table and use the Anterior approach.  They have a special operating room just set up for hip replacements.  Most patients go home either the afternoon after the surgery, or the very next day.  in the hospital we are walking in the afternoon, have a lesson with the PT’s and then are sent home.  At home PT three times a week for a couple of weeks then we are on our own with at home exercises and lots of walking.

I only wore them in hospital.  All ok. But nobody told me to wear them at home anyway.  How long were you told to wear them. I am nearly 7 weeks post op.

Hello,

I'm 5 weeks out from TRHR. I my left one done 2 years ago. I have better mobility than before. I stop wearing the stockings a week later. The nurses at the hospital suggests that i wear biker shorts more comfortable and. It works just as good! But still i would ask your doctor if it's ok...GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY HEALING

Hello,

I'm 5 weeks out from TRHR. I my left one done 2 years ago. I have better mobility than before. I stop wearing the stockings a week later. The nurses at the hospital suggests that i wear biker shorts more comfortable and. It works just as good! But still i would ask your doctor if it's ok...GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY HEALING

My surgeon insisted on her patients wearing them for 4 weeks after surgery. So I did. They’re not very comfortable but better than having DVT. In my view it was no contest. 

I think perhaps these stockings are recommended for people who have the posterior surgery not the anterior. With the anterior, most people are moving around enough that they do not need the stockings. I don't know how anyone following hip surgery is able to get those things on! I'm so glad that I did not need to use them.

Well it does seem to be a UK thing. And if any country has doctors that want to guard against medical malpractice, that would be the USA!