The influence of incision length on immediate postoperative rehabilitation after total hip replacement

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Lilikakis ◽  
R. N. Villar
2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-166
Author(s):  
Erman Ceyhan ◽  
Fatih İnci ◽  
Cahit Koçak ◽  
İbrahim Alper Yavuz ◽  
İrem Yıldırım ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Malagelada ◽  
Moisès Coll Rivas ◽  
Albert Jiménez Obach ◽  
Jaume Auleda ◽  
Lluis Guirao ◽  
...  

In this article, we present a case report of a 62-year-old patient who previously underwent an above-the-knee amputation for vascular disease and we performed a total hip replacement on him because of hip osteoarthritis. As the only postoperative complication, the patient developed a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection, which was successfully treated. The surgical technique and the postoperative rehabilitation program are described in detail in an attempt to detect and face the challenges that patients with major lower limb amputations may present. The literature is reviewed and all known cases of hip replacements in amputees are presented.


2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-239
Author(s):  
Dragana Dragičević-Cvjetković ◽  
Slavko Manojlović ◽  
Monika Gligić

Background/Aim: Total hip replacement is considered as one of the most successful treatment methods in orthopaedic surgery of the 20th century, since it significantly improves the quality of life of the individuals with coxarthrosis. Protocols and the organisation of the postoperative rehabilitation differ significantly around the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of hydrokinesitherapy on the rehabilitation outcome in patients after total hip replacement under in-patient conditions. Methods: This prospective clinical trial included a total of 100 patients of both genders , average age 59.11 ± 8.85 years, which were admitted to the in-patient post-operative rehabilitation after total hip replacement. Patients were randomised in two groups: group A (n = 50) that was subjected to rehabilitation program with hy-drokinesiherapy and group B (n = 50) that was subjected to rehabilitation program only. The parameters registered were: the range of movement in the operated hip, the circumference of the femoral musculature and the Western Ontario and McMas-ter Universities Osteoarthritis Indeks (WOMAC index) at admittance and discharge from in-patient rehabilitation. Results: The average values of hip flexion with extended knee, extension and external hip rotation were significantly better in group A (p < 0.05). The values of the circumference of the femoral musculature and WOMAC index in patients from group A were significantly better on discharge compared to the admission. Also, this group had a statistically significantly better values of the circumference of the femoral musculature and value of WOMAC index at discharge compared to patients from group B (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Hydrokinesitherapy as a part of the protocol for postoperative rehabilitation in patients after total hip replacement leads to a faster improvement of the functional status of the operated hip and patient's quality of life.


1992 ◽  
Vol 68 (04) ◽  
pp. 436-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel E Sharrock ◽  
George Go ◽  
Robert Mineo ◽  
Peter C Harpel

SummaryLower rates of deep vein thrombosis have been noted following total hip replacement under epidural anesthesia in patients receiving exogenous epinephrine throughout surgery. To determine whether this is due to enhanced fibrinolysis or to circulatory effects of epinephrine, 30 patients scheduled for primary total hip replacement under epidural anesthesia were randomly assigned to receive intravenous infusions of either low dose epinephrine or phenylephrine intraoperatively. All patients received lumbar epidural anesthesia with induced hypotension and were monitored with radial artery and pulmonary artery catheters.Patients receiving low dose epinephrine infusion had maintenance of heart rate and cardiac index whereas both heart rate and cardiac index declined significantly throughout surgery in patients receiving phenylephrine (p = 0.0001 and p = 0.0001, respectively). Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) activity increased significantly during surgery (p <0.0005) and declined below baseline postoperatively (p <0.005) in both groups. Low dose epinephrine was not associated with any additional augmentation of fibrinolytic activity perioperatively. There were no significant differences in changes in D-Dimer, t-PA antigen, α2-plasmin inhibitor-plasmin complexes or thrombin-antithrombin III complexes perioperatively between groups receiving low dose epinephrine or phenylephrine. The reduction in deep vein thrombosis rate with low dose epinephrine is more likely mediated by a circulatory mechanism than by augmentation of fibrinolysis.


1991 ◽  
Vol 66 (06) ◽  
pp. 652-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Anders Flordal ◽  
Karl-Gösta Ljungström ◽  
Jan Svensson ◽  
Brenda Ekman ◽  
Gustaf Neander

SummaryTwelve patients undergoing total hip replacement, with regional anaesthesia and with dextran infusion for plasma expansion and thromboprophylaxis, were given the vasopressin analogue desmopressin (DDAVP) or placebo in a randomized, double-blind prospective study. In controls (n = 6) we found a prolongation of the bleeding time, low factor VIII (FVIII) and von Willebrand factor (vWF) and a decrease in antithrombin III to levels known to be at risk for venous thrombosis. Desmopressin shortened postoperative bleeding time, gave an early FVIII/vWF complex increase, prevented antithrombin III from falling to critically low values and appeared to activate the fibrinolytic system, both by tPA increase and PAI-1 decrease.Thus in the controls we found changes in both coagulation and fibrinolysis indicating a haemorrhagic diathesis as well as a risk for thromboembolism. Desmopressin induced factor changes that possibly reduce both risks.


1976 ◽  
Vol 36 (01) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M Mannucci ◽  
Luisa E. Citterio ◽  
N Panajotopoulos

SummaryThe effect of subcutaneous low-dose heparin on postoperative deep-vein thrombosis (D. V. T.) (diagnosed by the 125I-labelled fibrinogen test) has been investigated in a trial of 143 patients undergoing the operation of total hip replacement. Two randomized studies were carried out: in one the scanning for D.V.T. was carried out daily for 7 days post operatively and in the other for 15 days. In both, the incidence of D.V.T. was significantly lower in the heparin-treated patients (P<0.005). Bilateral D.V.T. was also prevented (P<0.05), through the extension of D.V.T. to the distal veins of the thigh was not significantly reduced. Heparin treatment was, however, followed by a higher incidence of severe postoperative bleeding (P< 0.02) and wound haematoma formation (P< 0.005), and the postoperative haemoglobin was significantly lower than in the control group (P<0.005). A higher number of transfused blood units was also needed by the heparin treated patients (P<0.001).


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