How to nurse after artificial femoral head replacement

summary

Because I fell from the upstairs before, so I hurt myself, leading to the fracture of the right bone neck. I went to the hospital for artificial femoral head replacement. I went to the hospital for film review one month after the operation. The doctor said that I recovered very well. Now let's talk about how to care after artificial femoral head replacement.

How to nurse after artificial femoral head replacement

The first step: should not walk for a long time and strenuous activities, do not sit low stool and kneel down. When going upstairs, the healthy side goes up first, and when going downstairs, the affected side goes down first. Tongluo Shenggu is a special drug for the treatment of femoral head necrosis, but for patients with femoral head replacement, it has a clear anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, and can also improve immunity.

The second step: avoid excessive weight-bearing in life, prohibit single leg jumping, do not engage in heavy-bearing physical labor, walk with a forearm crutch or walking stick, reduce the artificial femoral head load and wear. On the first day after the operation, we can start the quadriceps relaxation exercise, cooperate with the passive activity of ankle joint, supplemented by the bottom-up massage, but we should avoid the activity of hip joint.

The third step: use skin traction or t-shoes after operation to keep the patient in abduction neutral position for 2-3 weeks. In the early stage of getting out of bed, the affected limb can wear long elastic socks to reduce swelling.

matters needing attention

Artificial femoral head replacement surgery must be strictly regular follow-up, every 2 ~ 3 months, in order to guide the exercise, also need to take regular X-ray examination, in order to early find complications, such as pain, inflammation, should find the cause, timely treatment.