Joint Replacement can go home after 48 hours of surgery.
It is important to quit smoking before surgery.
Surgery is possible only after controlling diabetes.
Joint Replacement can mean the joint of any part of the body. It includes knee replacement and hip replacement too. The symptoms before surgery are quite painful. The patient has a lot of difficulty in walking. Therefore, it is important to take care of such things, there is no problem after joint replacement surgery. These are 5 Facts associated with it.
1- If you are overweight, then reduce weight
Doctors say that if your weight is higher according to your height, and you are thinking about joint replacement surgery, then weight loss has to be done first. The advantage of this is that after this, the compulsions are reduced after surgery.
2- Controlling other diseases
Prior to joint replacement surgery, it is important that if you have any problems, then do it in control, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes. If you smoke, then its side effects can also be on the surgery. Even if you have a skin problem or have dental disease, tell the doctor, even if you have a fear of spreading infection in the hip or knee during surgery due to dental problems. If you have rheumatoid arthritis, then medication may be stopped a month before surgery so that joint replacement is done properly.
3- Exercise
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Doctors know how painful such patients are, but still many cases require physical activity before surgery, such as biking, swimming or weight gain. Those who are physically inactive, they are given physical therapy before surgery.
4- Set home
It Depends on surgery how much you can move and how not! Therefore, it is important to consult with the doctor that you change the settings of your home. Many people have to make changes in the bathroom, so many people have to wear railings in the stairs. Take care of your safety beforehand. Talk to your friends and family, so that when you come home someone in your early days can help you.
5- Can move after surgery
Hip and knee replacement surgery are from one and a half to three hours. After surgery you can do the movement and you can go home after 48 hours. This happens in cases where there is no complications.
References
https://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/Hip_Replacement/hip_replacement_ff.asp
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