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Hello all i am a 36 yr old female just had a hip revision done dec 18th 2018 so its only been 3 weeks my surgeon is dumb he said i had no hip precautions or anything well here i am laying in the hospital bed with a badly dislocated hip and cant goto the citys hospital as there are no beds this sucks big time i dont know what i should do woth the damn dr this is 2 times hes ffed up on me
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maureen24786 nicole66881
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Dear Nicole: Your surgeon sounds really bad, but then so was mine. However, I did have loads of precautions...no bending, no reaching, try to keep hip in neutral position, etc. And I had anterior approach which is supposed to be easier to recover from. Well, it wasn't - I suffered nerve damage and to this day still struggle with this. I was told by an excellent physio that the longer we keep the hip in neutral position, i.e. never doing anything beyond 90 deg for the first 4 months, the hip has a chance to heal faster. He also told me that anterior, lateral, or posterior approach made no difference..a new hip is a new hip and healing is the same in the end. I do wish you luck. Once you get it all sorted I am sure you will be fine..you are still young and will heal quickly. Best of luck! Maureen
Charlie2018 maureen24786
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what kind of nerve damage have you experienced maureen?
nicole66881 maureen24786
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im in so much pain right now still waiting for a bed at the pasqua hospital in regina i cant eat or sleep they wont let me eat or drink just in case i need surgery all i know is that i hate my surgeon and hospitals grrrr
maureen24786 Charlie2018
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Damage to the femoral nerve which in turn has damaged the saphenous nerve in my knee, the nerve in my medial leg and ankle. I recently had a second nerve test done - no nerve response in those areas. My knee is partially numb and I have nerve pain. It's a strange feeling...I have difficulty with steps and uneven ground. I am trying very hard to strengthen the quadricep muscle in order to compensate for this...not sure if this will work but worth a try. It's been 16 months since surgery, so I am assuming that not much further recovery will occur. I was very depressed about it for a while but am trying to accept that I have a "new normal".
Charlie2018 maureen24786
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ouch... sorry to hear that. All of that was caused by the Anterior approach? That is scary.
Gina1955 maureen24786
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I too have nerve damage from the anterior approach. But mine is to the sciatic nerve which was stretched too far during surgery and a part of it is dead, causing neuropathy pain and numbness to the back of my thigh, calf and bottom of foot. I am 11 months post op and have gotten back the feeling in the back of my thigh, nothing else. My neurologist said this is common in the anterior approach. Now I find out! I have a bad limp, walk slow and have to concentrate just to make my foot walk normally. I was told what came back by 12-14 months would be all I would get back. Very depressing for sure because I am a nurse and can no longer work.
maureen24786 Gina1955
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How awful...I can walk quite normally...although not for long distances..but since my knee is mostly numb, I have a disconnect between my thigh and my lower leg...so steps are a real issue for me...I have to force myself to do steps and then can only manage a few...so using a subway now, or climbing a lot of steps would be a real challenge. Yes, the anterior approach carries the most risk for nerve damage...I know too other people...one had the lateral approach, the other the posterior....they are fine are fully recovered. How I regret buying into all the hype about a fast recovery with the anterior approach. Sounds like we have a similar problem. So sorry to hear you can no longer work. Since I am 16 mos out, as I said, I think this is it for me. I thought this surgery would give me my life back...well, hasn't worked out that way. But as I said, I am working really hard on the quadricep muscle, so let's see if that helps in future. Wishing you well!
Charlie2018 Gina1955
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the nerve damage seems to be very very common with the anterior approach. in my informal survey's, it comes up about 75% of the time, to some degree. that seems to be the biggest residual surgery risk from anterior.
regarding the posterior, the biggest risk in my informal survey is dislocation, and very seldom does someone say the had nerve damage.
Charlie2018 maureen24786
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i have that major concern with the nerve damage. i checking into superpath as it seems to be the supposed best approach now, using the best components of anterior and posterior approach rolled into one.
BUT... there is not may surgeons with this experience from what i can find.
in the meantime, i will keep taking my supplements and streatching to keep the pain at bay. which is fortunetly going well for me all in all. I have moderate OA according to the surgeon.
sherri11320 nicole66881
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Hi Nicole
I am sorry to hear about your hip dislocation I know it is very painful I had
my right hip replaced in March 2011 and
after 1 month I dislocated it trying to shave my legs and I had the hip precautions that I was to follow but I may
that mistake had to be rushed to emergency room to get it put back in place
then 1 month later my hip dislocated again and was home again I had to pull
myself up from chair call 911 and that time they could not get my hip back in so I had to wait all day and that night they took me up to OR to put me under to get my hip back in then a couple months later it dislocated the # ed time they rush me to the emergency room again and that was the last straw I was referred to a specialist when it dislocate first time and when the hip dislocated that second time I was put in the hospital and fitted with a special brace that had a metal bar to prevent my hip going past 90 degrees . but after than I saw the specialist again and he told me that the ball that was put in was to small for the cup and that is why it was dislocating and on the third dislocation I told the specialist that I wanted him to remove everything and have him redo my hip that was October 2011 and it has not dislocated anymore since being revised but unfortunately I have nerve damage serve neuropathy where I cant feel my foot and I developed a drop foot my gait is so bad I have to wear a special brace for my foot . and with all the trauma of the dislocations I have a sciatica now that hurts all the time I live in constant pain I was diagnosed with a autoamunine disease last year called Mononeuritis it's where your nervous system attack your whole body and your nerves are firing off everywhere .
so Shame on your doctor for telling you that you dont need to have any hip precautions that is so wrong you for now on practice using those precautions so that way you dont have another dislocation I truly hope they get your hip back in and that you dont have to go for surgery to get in back in you will probably have the emotional scars from this experience with is no fun I now will always have to have and use my hip precautions for life my specialist says and I still have fear of dislocation of both of my hips left hip was replaced in 2006 went fine no problems with it other than plastic lining in cup is almost gone I wish you the best and hope you recover quickly and God bless you