Preoperative Education for Patients before Hip or Knee Replacement

You play an important role in the replacement process. This preoperative joint replacement educational video will help you learn about hip and knee replacement: what to expect, the surgery, logistics, pain control, therapy, and more from Dr Joseph Gondusky (Virginia, USA).

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Your last video was eight years ago. Glad you are back. I am hoping to have total hip replacement next year. I just returned to pouring over surgery info a few days ago. I was born with dislocated hip. A surgeon corrected it when I was 15 months old. My mother was told the reason my femur ended up one inch shorter was because healing slowed the growing of that femur. I have always walked with a limp due to the shorter femur. When I delivered my child in my late 30's, my hip was damaged. Instead of a 1/2 inch lift I needed a 1-1/8 inch lift inside my shoe to even out my legs. I have just have a difficult and exhausting gait. Could you do a video that discusses leg lengthening options that can be included during total hip replacement? I understand you can only go so far before the nerves can no longer stretch. At this point getting back to 1/2 inch leg length discrepancy would greatly improve the quality of my life.