{"id":2526,"date":"2010-11-03T20:09:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/WordPress\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2015-07-14T17:07:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:07:42","slug":"potential-risks-of-hip-revision-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/potential-risks-of-hip-revision-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential Risks of Hip Revision Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a <a title=\"Maryland hip recall lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/depuy-hip-recall.php\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland hip recall attorney<\/a>, I see many patients undergo hip implant revision surgery without knowing the complications. <a title=\"hip revision surgery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/2010\/10\/common-facts-and-questions-of-hip-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hip revision surgery<\/a> is a complicated surgery, with potential risks patients should know about to ensure their recovery has the success rate.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the potential risks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infection: Hip revision surgeries are lengthy procedures, exposing the body to potential infectious agents for longer periods.<\/li>\n<li>Bleeding: Excessive blood loss is problematic since a larger incision is required to remove the first implant.<\/li>\n<li>Nerve or blood vessel trauma: Scar tissue from the first surgery relocates nerves and blood vessels, making it easier to cut, bruise, or impinge either or both.<\/li>\n<li>Poor positioning or loose fixation: Second implants have a less-secure base of attachment with a greater chance of shifting, loosening, or breaking adjacent bone.<\/li>\n<li>Deep venous thrombosis: Patients are more sedentary through a longer recovery thus increasing the chances of deep venous thrombosis.<\/li>\n<li>Blood clots: Trauma to the blood vessels can occur when the hip muscles are moved aside to extract the first implant. Blood clots in the heart and lungs are a dangerous complication, and stroke is also possible.<\/li>\n<li>Dislocation: This is especially common after a second surgery, a fact that lengthens the recovery period and slows physical therapy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you or someone you know has the DePuy ASR hip you might want to consult with a <a title=\"DePuy hip recall lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/practice-areas\/pharmaceutical-liability\/depuy-hip-replacement-injury-maryland-hip-recall-lawyers\/\" target=\"_blank\">DePuy hip recall lawyer<\/a> to find out what the next steps you should take are. More and more information is coming to light about how to proceed. You don&#8217;t have to face DePuy alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip revision surgery is a complicated surgery, with potential risks patients should know about to ensure their recovery has the success rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defective-medical-devices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23386,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions\/23386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}