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RESTRICTIONS AFTER TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY?

After the Conventional Total Hip operation few precautions need to be followed strictly:

• Do not cross your leg.
• Do not bend the operated hip excessively.
• Do not twist the operated leg in or out.
• Do not roll or lie on unoperated side without pillow in between the legs.
• Do not squat or sit cross legged. 
• Do not use Indian type commode

Most of them do not hold true in case of Surface Hip Replacement or Large Diameter Metal on Metal Hip Replacement      

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