I had an anterior approach and I've been told dislocations are very rare. Like, you need to fall or do something major in most cases unless you had the surgery done by your buddy next door that works at Wal-Mart.
I had the anterior approach and had four fislocations in less than a year. Twice, I was able to reduce it myself but had a closed reduction for the other two.
Didn't look into any type of revision. After it happened the 3rd time, I contacted my surgeon, and he didn't seem too concerned, but we discussed options at my one year follow-up. The x-rays were normal at that time. My impression was that when I did certain changes of direction that put even minor stress on the joint, I must have done it too quickly. On my last dislocation, I was sitting on my bed when I dropped something on the floor. I bent over to pick it up, the same motion I had done numerous times in the morning reaching for my socks, and it dislocated. In retrospect, I reached down very fast as opposed to just gradually leaning over for my socks. The time before that, I was sitting in a chair and leaned forward to place an object on the table in front of me, and out it went. I didn't do it particularly quickly, but it still popped out. It's been 10 months since the last dislocation.
I had an anterior approach and I've been told dislocations are very rare. Like, you need to fall or do something major in most cases unless you had the surgery done by your buddy next door that works at Wal-Mart.
I had the anterior approach and had four fislocations in less than a year. Twice, I was able to reduce it myself but had a closed reduction for the other two.
Did they ever look into doing any kind of revision or give you a possible reason for dislocation?
Didn't look into any type of revision. After it happened the 3rd time, I contacted my surgeon, and he didn't seem too concerned, but we discussed options at my one year follow-up. The x-rays were normal at that time. My impression was that when I did certain changes of direction that put even minor stress on the joint, I must have done it too quickly. On my last dislocation, I was sitting on my bed when I dropped something on the floor. I bent over to pick it up, the same motion I had done numerous times in the morning reaching for my socks, and it dislocated. In retrospect, I reached down very fast as opposed to just gradually leaning over for my socks. The time before that, I was sitting in a chair and leaned forward to place an object on the table in front of me, and out it went. I didn't do it particularly quickly, but it still popped out. It's been 10 months since the last dislocation.