THR - Total Hip Replacement

 

To delay or not to delay

 

 

You can choose to delay your operation for personal reasons such as a previously booked holiday, a family wedding or special celebration. Some hospitals will restrict the number of appointments that they will offer to stop continually rearranging appointments, bed and operating theatre slots.

 

Sometimes the operation will be delayed by the hospital. This may be because of the results of your pre-admission tests, or other problems such as staff shortages, bed shortages, outbreaks of infectious diseases etc.

 

If the delay is due to your test results, the hospital will put in place a course of treatment, and order new tests to improve your health so that you are fit enough to have the surgery. If the delay is due to other factors, you will have to wait until the problem is solved.

 

If you are thinking about delaying having a hip replacement operation for several months or years, you should be aware that the younger and fitter you are, the faster and better your recovery is likely to be.

 

 

There are however some very good reasons to delay the operation, such as to diet to reduce your Body Mass Index (BMI) to less than the recommended value of 30. Reducing weight is likely to reduce your cholesterol and blood sugar, both of which have a beneficial effect on recovery. With a high BMI, you will have a high risk of weight related illness, such as Heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, infertility, miscarriage, asthma, fatty liver disease and cancer.

 

To check your Body Mass Index, go to http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx

 

 

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