Patients about to undergo hip replacement surgery have many questions, and among the most common are those relating to pain management. Post-operative hip replacement patients want to know whether they will be able to sleep properly on pain medication, how much discomfort they will have with the normal activities of daily life, and how many narcotics or other medications they will have to take. We suggest that you prepare yourself for hip surgery by learning about what the demands on your body...
Most patients undergoing total hip replacement surgery want to know
when they'll be able to return to their normal life. "Recovery time"
is a common question posed to specialists and non-specialists alike. There
are many factors that can contribute to recovery time, but typically
patients can return to normal life activities within 1 to 6 months. To be more specific, however, we can examine the difference between "short-term recovery" and "long-term recovery".Short-term
recovery...
The term “minimally invasive surgery” (MIS) has gained currency in recent years due to the advances in surgical methods and computer-assisted medical technology. Doctors, implant companies, and hospitals use the term to refer to several different strategies and procedures. Many of these strategies and procedures are aimed at performing knee replacement through smaller incisions. By reducing the size of the incision, the surgeon is able to reduce the damage to the underlying structure of the...