Hip replacement?? How long hospitalized? Legnth of recovery?

Relatively healthy, 59 years old. Still working full time. What can one expect? How long joint replacement lasts? Who's more successful: men or women?

On the day after surgery or sometimes on the day of surgery, therapists will teach the patient exercises that will improve recovery. A respiratory therapist may ask the patient to breathe deeply, cough, or blow into a simple device that measures lung capacity. These exercises reduce the collection of fluid in the lungs after surgery.

A physical therapist may teach the patient exercises, such as contracting and relaxing certain muscles, that can strengthen the hip. Because the new, artificial hip has a more limited range of movement than an undiseased hip, the physical therapist also will teach the patient proper techniques for simple activities of daily living, such as bending and sitting, to prevent injury to the new hip. As early as 1 to 2 days after surgery, a patient may be able to sit on the edge of the bed, stand, and even walk with assistance.

Usually, people do not spend more than 10 days in the hospital after hip replacement surgery. Full recovery from the surgery takes about 3 to 6 months, depending on the type of surgery, the overall health of the patient, and the success of rehabilitation.

Three days. Six months.

Hip replacement surger will last 1-2 hours depending on the approach. The hospital stay will be two to three days with PT. The, depending on how well you are doing, you may be sent to rehab for 2 weeks or to a skilled nursing facility for intensive rehab or both. If you are doing very well, you may just be sent home with home health PT. In any case, when you can physically leave your home you will go to ouit patient PT. Full recovery is 8-12 weeks but it does vaery depending on your condition going into surgery. Also ther are precations following a hip replacement. !.. you may not cross your legs, you may not flex your hip past 90 degrees, an you may not roll your hip out