If the patient still has pain six months after femoral head fracture surgery, it may be due to wound infection, fracture not healed, hip arthritis or synovitis, etc. The main treatments include general treatment, medication, surgical treatment and so on.
1. Wound infection: it may be local incision infection or osteomyelitis, causing local pain. Patients need to go to the hospital to determine the condition. If the infection is acute, the pain can be relieved by wound cleaning or osteomyelitis open drainage surgery. If it belongs to the chronic stage, the principle of treatment is mainly to remove the dead bone, and finally can be treated with membrane induced osteogenesis.
2. Fracture not healed: femoral head fracture recovery is slow, if the fracture is not healed in six months, there will be local pain. After the operation, you need to take bed rest, moderate massage or mild activity of the lower limbs, so as to avoid muscle atrophy, and pay attention to not let the thigh load, so as to avoid aggravation of the condition.
3. Hip arthritis or synovitis: During the recovery period of femoral head fracture, if the exercise is not proper, it may lead to hip arthritis or synovitis, which can be treated by glucosamine, together with diclofenac for anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, and if the pain is obvious, oral ibuprofen can be taken to relieve the pain.
If the patient still has pain six months after the femoral head fracture surgery, it is also necessary to consider whether there is loosening of the prosthesis, adhesion of the tissues in the hip joint and rehabilitation training is not carried out in a timely manner, it is recommended to consult the doctor in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions, and active treatment.