Lateral thigh pain after femoral head replacement surgery needs to be treated according to the cause of the disease, which generally includes functional exercise, anti-infection treatment, joint repositioning, surgical treatment and so on.
1. Soft tissue adhesion and contracture: some patients will have pain in the outer thigh due to adhesion and contracture of muscles and other tissues caused by poor wound healing. The main treatment is to carry out functional exercises under the guidance of the doctor.
2. Infection: some patients will have lateral thigh pain due to local infection in the early stage after surgery. The main treatment is to carry out bacterial culture and anti-infection treatment according to the culture result.
3. Joint dislocation: some patients suffer from lateral thigh pain due to hip dislocation caused by excessive flexion of the hip joint. Treatment should pay attention to rest and reset the joint.
4. Rejection reaction: the commonly used femoral head is a synthetic material, and the prosthesis may have a rejection reaction after the operation, which leads to the symptom of pain on the outer side of the thigh. Treatment and timely review in the hospital, if necessary, can be removed from the plate internal fixation.
If the patient’s symptoms of lateral thigh pain after femoral head replacement surgery are serious, or the symptoms persist and have not improved, the patient should go to the hospital in time for treatment.