Orif Hip Surgery Precautions

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Orif hip surgery precautions. Orif is performed by an orthopedic surgeon. The hip joint is a ball and socket joint. Orif is surgery to put the broken parts your femur bone back together using special metal hardware. I am 3 yrs post hip orif still in pain walking with 2 canes.

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. The socket is the acetabulum in the pelvis and the ball is the upper knob on the thigh bone or femur. 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. The surgery is used to fix fractures in the arms and legs including bones in the shoulder elbow wrist hip knee and ankle. 3 years post op orif hip fx. Hip orif is usually an emergency surgery performed as soon as possible after the fracture.

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. It also includes putting your hip joint back together. Most people with a fractured femur need some sort of surgery usually orif. The procedure stabilizes the broken bone and allows it to heal.

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