Are Acnhors Left In After Hip Replacements Posted: 12-13-06 21:56pm
I have had very serious pain after a
surgery (hip replacement) actullay just
the ceramic ball replacement then 3 years
and alot of pain later I went to another
orthopedic and the assitant said oh theres
your problem they left 5 achnors inside
then every thing got weird the doc didnt
want to say much about it but did finally
tell my mother after the total hip
replacement thgat he got 2 out the others
were in the pelvic bone he also said that
they are used to hold back tissue during
the surgery so my questions are what are
they used for? Are they sopose to come
out? Will it always cause pain since 3
are stuck in my pelic bone? Please
help!!!!! Did they forget to take them
out?????
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julz67
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Re: Are Acnhors Left In After Hip Replacements Posted: 02-04-07 04:45am
hope076
wrote:
i have had very serious pain
after a surgery (hip replacement) actullay
just the ceramic ball replacement then 3
years and alot of pain later I went to
another orthopedic and the assitant said
oh theres your problem they left 5 achnors
inside then every thing got weird the
doc didnt want to say much about it but
did finally tell my mother after the total
hip replacement thgat he got 2 out the
others were in the pelvic bone he also
said that they are used to hold back
tissue during the surgery so my questions
are what are they used for? Are they
sopose to come out? Will it always cause
pain since 3 are stuck in my pelic bone?
Please help!!!!! Did they forget to take
them out?????
if anchors are to be used to hold back
tissue so the bone underneath can be
worked on, then I would assume they should
have been removed before closing the
wound..... Go back to your original
surgeon, as anyother surgeon would be
reluctant to finish off another man's
mistake/work, and also look into
sueing...This is a very bad mistake and as
you know causes considerable pain.
Hope you get this sorted as quickly as
possible...
