My pain has increased since hip surgery. what could have happened? i have the same pain, in the same places after a hip replacement. the pain is worse than prior to surgery. could the dr. have misdiagnosed? or made a mistake during the surgery? he sen

Tha : Tha indications for hip replacement are very specific and guidelines exits for the ortho's and the rheumatologist .So if you revieved o you had an explanation of why you needed the surgery , that ought to clarify your doubt about the misdiagnosis . As far as the same pain is concerned . Same pain , not necesary might mean same problem . You could have severe osteoarthritis of the hip and have pain and then have problems with the prostesis and the pain might be similar . So an assesment of the pain now needs to clarify , why you have it , a carefull interrogation to evaluate when, where, why, irradiation , etc to define where the pain is comming from and try lo find for a solution depending on the diagnosis.

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