Clinical case: step-by-step hip replacement. A 56-year-old woman went to the EMC Sports Traumatology and Orthopaedics clinic complaining of pain and limited movement in her hip joints caused by gout.
The patient has been involved in equestrian sports and skiing for many years, and her main goal was to return to training as soon as possible after surgery. In December, an endoprosthetics of the left joint was performed, but during the recovery process it turned out that movement restrictions in the right joint interfere with rehabilitation. It was decided to perform an operation to replace the second hip joint.
3 months after the second operation, the patient returned to equestrian sports. "In this case, no special rehabilitation was required," says orthopedic traumatologist, Professor, MD Andrey Kardanov. — Thanks to minimally invasive surgery techniques and the use of prosthetics with anatomical heads, recovery after endoprosthetics is fast. We usually recommend that patients walk with a full load on the operated limb the very next day after surgery. To date, the patient has no restrictions on sports activities. She is engaged in horse riding, mountain skiing, swimming, ice skating, and going hang gliding, confirming by her example that joint replacement surgery is not a reason to give up active life and favorite activities."
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