Help! My paraplegic friend (polio victim confined to a wheelchair after a life on crutches) was in an accident that broke her femur's head almost completely off. She just came out of an unsuccessful hip-replacement surgery yesterday. They discovered in surgery that her socket was too shallow to accept the new ball, so they simply REMOVED the old ball and truncated her femur. I've researched femoral head ostectomy today but can't find anything on humans, and certainly not on the long-term effect on non-walking human (it's all refers to animals). She lives independently, and transfers herself in and out of bed/tub/chairs on her arms, dragging her legs. If the leg is not structurally attached to her torso, I'm worried the pull on the soft tissue, blood vessels, withered muscles, etc will be damaging. Plus, when she pulls the leg towards her body, will the bone be pushed into the fragile tissues? The doctor indicated this is the long-term solution. I'm worried that she's viewed as a poor (Medicaid) old lady, so they're just doing the minimum.