Orif Hip Surgery Precautions

I am 3 yrs post hip orif still in pain walking with 2 canes.

Orif hip surgery precautions.

Orif hip surgery repairs the break in the top part of your femur the ball that fits into the hip socket. What would cause upper inner thigh swelling. W persistent pain and. He will straighten your femur and put the broken pieces of bone close together.

Your caregiver will make an incision cut on your hip to let him see the damaged bone. A direct blow to your hip may break the part of the femur associated with your hip joint. The hip joint is a ball and socket joint. The procedure stabilizes the broken bone and allows it to heal.

The surgery is used to fix fractures in the arms and legs including bones in the shoulder elbow wrist hip knee and ankle. Following a hip replacement surgery the ball can slip out of the socket when the hip joint is placed into certain vulnerable positions before the soft tissues around the hip joint have had time to heal hip anatomy. Most people with a fractured femur need some sort of surgery usually orif. Orif is performed by an orthopedic surgeon.

Orif can place your bones back into their proper configuration. The socket is the acetabulum in the pelvis and the ball is the upper knob on the thigh bone or femur. Orif is surgery to put the broken parts your femur bone back together using special metal hardware. Without the surgery your broken femur may not heal properly.

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