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2023, Number 2

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Acta Ortop Mex 2023; 37 (2)

When to resume driving after primary total hip arthroplasty?

Godoy-Monzón D, García-Mansilla A, Jiménez-Baquero J, Fernández-Rozas E, Pascual J, Campelo D

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 94-98
PDF size: 145.52 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: the current literature relates the return to driving with multiple variables. For various reasons, the current data on the time to return to driving after a total hip arthroplasty (THA) are diverse and even contradictory. We have proposed the objective of determining the time required to drive a manual gear vehicle again in a group of patients who underwent primary THA through a posterolateral approach with focus on manual gear cars. Material and methods: we have studied the functional results of 112 patients who underwent primary THA between January 2019 and January 2020 in a high level in Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. Results: the median return to driving was three weeks (IQR 2-4). We have identified that 89.3% of the patients were able to drive again before the sixth week after surgery and in 92% of the cases they did so feeling even safer than before the THA. Conclusion: we consider that after the sixth week of an THA it is safe to resume driving a vehicle.


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