Acute pain in groin area after hip replacement surgery a 63 year old female asked.
Groin pain after partial hip replacement surgery.
This is most often the cause of pain years or decades after the knee replacement.
Any irritation to the sciatic nerve could be the reason why you are experiencing pain after hip replacement.
A blood clot deep venous thrombophlebitis could cause pain in the thigh or leg three months after a hip replacement.
There are a number of factors that can increase the risk of hip impingement.
Persistent groin pain after hip replacement is not normal but unfortunately does occur.
If you have stitches or staples your doctor will remove them 10 days to 3 weeks after your surgery.
Infection is a serious and worrisome concern.
3 months out a lot of groin pain.
Your doctor will give you medicine for the pain.
These include various deformities of the femoral neck.
Causes of groin pain after surgery include inguinal hernias low back nerve irritation infection loose implant pelvic fracture and iliopsoas tendonitis.
Treatment options include conservative management tenotomy and acetabular revision surgery to adjust or replace the hip socket component.
Doctors at the mayo clinic writing in the journal of bone and joint surgery suggest that a potential cause of persistent groin pain after total hip arthroplasty is impingement of the iliopsoas tendon.
What is normal and what is not is again important to know here.
It s unlikely but not unheard of and in fact we often keep patients on baby aspirin for three months after surgery on the lower extremity.
Any increase in pain after knee replacement should raise concerns for infection.
Glue or tape strips will fall off on their own over time.
However it is seldom the cause of persistent pain right after surgery.
You may still have some mild pain and the area may be swollen for 3 to 4 months after surgery.
According to the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons aaos in 2014 more.
Hip impingement can result in pain after hip replacement surgery.
Most often the signs of infection are obvious but subtle infections may be.
Loosening of the implant.
A little irritation is common but you might end up experiencing abnormal pain if you are already suffering from spinal stenosis because the nerve irritation is already present.
Feels like it is at the iliac crest a burning ache.