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Upper Thigh Pain Months After Hip Replacement

Posted by juliepoolie71 @juliepoolie71, Mar 2 11:34pm

I had a hip replacement 4 months ago and from the day after surgery I have horrible pain in my upper front thigh/groin area. Come to find out the surgeon fractured my femur but didn’t tell us, I found out a month after when I ended up in the er with horrible pain they thought was an infection in the hip, they found the fracture in a ct scan. My surgeon won’t see me I only see his PA, and the last thing the PA said was the pain was psychological, and he’s sending me for a nerve conduction study.
It hurts to sit in the recliner, lift my leg when standing, I can’t lift it to get in the passenger side of the car (was my left hip that was replaced) and laying in bed is awful and I’m in pain and unable to sleep all night. Could they have injured something else when they broke through the back of my femur? Has this happened to anyone else? I’m only 52 and needed the replacement from a bad accident that tore the labrum and cartilage beyond fixing.
Thanks for your help, I can’t take this and the surgeons pa anymore.

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llojak2024 | @llojak2024 | Apr 4 2:35pm
In reply to @juliepoolie71 "Have they done and xray to make sure your replacement hasn’t shifted," + (show)
@juliepoolie71

Have they done and xray to make sure your replacement hasn’t shifted,

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next week we shall see, thanks

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frankcat | @frankcat | Apr 5 12:18pm
In reply to @juliepoolie71 "That's what I have been going through too. I finally just was able to see a..." + (show)
@juliepoolie71

That's what I have been going through too. I finally just was able to see a different hip surgeon in a totally different office because my other one wasn't helping me at all. Then new one is doing an MRI, he did and X-ray and the fracture that happened in surgery healed, but he said there is a tendon in the front that can get very angry when they do a replacement. Best case is he will order a steroid injection done by a radiologist because it has to be done with an ultrasound so that they get it in the right spot. And worse case they go back in and cut the tendon. The leg muscles will take over to lift my leg but the tendon won't work anymore and the pain will be gone.

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I THR on 05/2021 left hip, as time went by I to had severe pain in my groin while sitting in a prone position especially when I stood up. I can’t stand on my left leg to long either. I had a mri and the results where iliopsoas bursitis I guess it’s pretty common with people that had total hip replacement. I had several cortisone injections also but they didn’t help much. I had several doctors tell me they would recommend to cut it to release the tendon but they all said it’s no guarantee it will work , therefore I do not think I’m going to risk it as will also weaken my hip so it’s PT and a walking cane for me , in time I hope it gets better , thank you all for reading this God Bless

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