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What can i do to treat a joint infection after a total hip replacement surgery?
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See your surgeon: This is potentially serious complication that needs to be treated by your surgeon. Depending on how long it has been present, this may require a surgery to wash out the joint, or removal of the joint, followed by weeks of antibiotics.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Joint infection: Serious problem--check with your orthopedic hip surgeon. Depending upon the bacteria and time from surgery, may consider 1or 2 stage revision.
Answered 12/6/2012
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Serious problem: Depends upon bacterial type as well as time since surgery. Likely candidate for 1 or 2 stage revision, removing the primary tha on the first surgery with thorough irrigate & debride with antibiotic spacer for 2 stage, trim plantation at same time for 1 stage.
Answered 12/6/2012
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