Where can I get a list of long range complications for hip replacement?

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Is there a list of common long range complications after hip replacement? I have had a few sever muscle and or tendon pulls/inflamation that cause quite a bit of pain. Is this a normal complication almost 2 years out from surgery?

-- Harvey R. Kilbourne (kahr2000@aol.com), May 15, 2001

Answers

These problems may be related to your hip replacement, and are not uncommon. You need to be more specific with regarding the problems you had.

-- Paul Khanuja, MD (DrKhanuja@cs.com), May 31, 2001.

You should visit this website: http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/hip/hiprepqa.htm

-- Robert Toussie (Robert Toussie @aol.com), March 15, 2004.

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