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It should be noted that I am fully aware of the difference between revision surgery and the Girdlestone procedure. I am interested in knowing more about recovery from the Girdlestone procedure, and it’s effectiveness in eradicating infection, in the event revision surgery is not successful.
No. I am in the last week of my 6-week daily antibiotic IV through a PICC line, which is the protocol being used to hopefully prevent the infection that was in my incision from getting to the prosthesis. After the antibiotic treatment ends, the doctors want to evaluate me for 3 months. If the infection returns, they have already recommended revision surgery, although the statistical odds of eradicating the bacteria are significantly reduced.