Femoral head and neck excision

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

myrkk — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:16:12 GMT

I',m sure everything will be fine.. I owned a lab x which had a FH&NE back when gigli wires were still used. He had a period of strict rest, no physio (pre-physio) and he did fantastically. We regularly walked 5 or 6 miles all his life and he never had any issues.

The centre will have its own protocol for post op care so just listen to what they advise and you will do fine. Every surgeon has a different way of doing things and so post op protocol can differ between surgeons even within the same practice.

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Mark Hedberg — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:44:44 GMT

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RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Sal the 1st — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:30:31 GMT

I freely admit to being a wimpy owner I think my boss dreads me having a malfunctioning cat,especially the black and white one but the daft thing is when he was having his surgery and I was monitoring the GA - as soon as the drapes were on I sort of forgot who it was under them and it was just another cat GA

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Holly anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:28:54 GMT

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Mark Hedberg — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 09:24:05 GMT

[quote user="Holly Mickle"]Thanks everybody, feeling much more able now! Wimpy owner alert!! [/quote]

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RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Holly anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 08:35:04 GMT

Thanks everybody, feeling much more able now! Wimpy owner alert!!

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Sal the 1st — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 03:39:25 GMT

quite a few years ago so may not fit with current thinking? we did a femoral head excision on a westie with Legg Perthes. Our regime was cage rest for a week/10 days but allowed out when closely supervised and gentle physio/massage by owner after the first couple of days. Sutures or clips out at 10days and from then was allowed to swim (pre dated recognised hydrotherapy by a number of years, client was using their own swimming pool ). Lead walks only for 6-8 weeks.Was gradually allowed more exercise as the healing progressed but stairs guarded by stair gate . He did very well

We didn't sling post op as we found with this dog it caused more problems than it solved.

Pain relief ( well this will be totally out of date now because we didnt have the luxury of too much to choose from) but immediately post op we used either peth or pap and then either pardale or bute - so I am sure you will have something a bit more up to date from that point of view. The aim was to try and keep the dog comfortable as possible but to avoid the heavy duty stuff as soon as we could to avoid making him unsteady on his legs.

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Nick Shackleton — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 23:31:45 GMT

Good pain mangament in the first week or so post op. Also as others have suggested strict cage rest just out to toilet. But gentle exercise so to minimise muscle wastage. May require a sling post op too. Physio will be beneficial and Maybe hydrotherapy once surgical site has healed. Am sure referral centre will offer good support post op b

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Claire Coulthard RVN — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 22:03:28 GMT

I know it's different but I have a cat that had one possibly an rta (he was a stray at the time)... Good recovery post op with cage rest then physio

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Rachael_24 — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:52:54 GMT

She'll need strict rest and lead-only exercise for at least 4 weeks. Depending on her size I would recommend cage rest or confinement to one room so that she is restricted. Physio is probably beneficial to prevent muscle wastage.

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Holly anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:30:21 GMT

Thank you for the positivity! she has severe right sided hip dysplasia, unknown history as i've had her only for 1 year. Her lameness has worsened and had episodes of being on 3 legs. What about the post op period, do you rely heavily upon physio?

RE: Femoral head and neck excision

Mark Hedberg — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:34:48 GMT

Yep - done a few of them. As long as the op goes fine, they're reasonably simple ops and tend to make pretty good recoveries. What's the reason for the op?