i'm having surgery for maltracking (lateral release medial pattellfemeroral reconstruction and autograft on hamstring) what should i expect?
while the initial recovery from the surgery will be measured in weeks, or a few months the full benefits of the surgery will take 6-12 months and include rehabilitation of the knee, especially quadriceps strengthening. the good news is that with the correct diagnosis and in the correct hands patients having the operation you are having are very happy with the results. see more...
grace, i would have it checked out if i were you. the least would be a physical examination and a chest x-ray. good luck. that sounds rough, i am sorry you aren't feeling well. my advice is just go to a different hospital to get a different view on your situation. please don't hold off on it, this problem really needs to be taken care of. no problems with that. it's quite normal ill start working on sumthing after the weekend ^^ Hello Dede, Thank you for the question.



Has your father seen a doctor after this accident? If your father has an accident and falls / hits him, this impact can have an impact on the affected body. The impact also depends on the strength of the impact experienced. This impact can affect bones, muscles, tendons (connective tissue that connects muscles to bones), ligaments (connective tissue that connects two bones), blood vessels, nerves, and skin. Symptoms that can result from this impact are injuries, bruises, pain in the area, swelling, or difficulty moving the limbs. If until now your father's left leg cannot be used for walking, you should suggest that your father immediately see a doctor. The doctor will examine your father and will usually suggest further tests such as x-rays. X-rays can tell if the complaint your father is experiencing is caused by a hip or thigh fracture; because if you experience a fracture, then treatment by an orthopedic specialist needs to be done.



If no fractures are found, the doctor will usually suggest consulting a medical rehabilitation specialist to arrange a physical therapy program that your father can do to regain strength so that it can return to normal function.



Hope this information is useful.



Dr. Aloisia hi,
welcome to icliniq.com.
aneurysms of blood vessels of the limbs are better treated than left alone because they will not decrease by themselves and can lead to rupture with day-to-day activity.
the risk of rupture is increased with,
direct injury to the site.
raised blood pressure.
the large size of an aneurysm to begin with.
some diseases of the blood vessels and connective tissues.
in your husband's case, it is a relatively small one. an important thing that you can do is lower the blood pressure from 140/90 mmhg to 120/80 mmhg. the first step in that is usually the reduction of salt in the diet to less than 2-5 g per day.
rupture of such an aneurysm is not a very risky affair, but the treatment might get complicated. so, it is better to get it evaluated.
your husband's ultrasound report can shed light on the specifics of the problem lesion and help decide options that would be available. so, if you need any more information, please upload the ultrasound report and follow up.
revert with the ultrasound report to a general surgeon online --> https://www.icliniq.com/ask-a-doctor-online/general-surgeon You should go to plastic surgeon. hi, tara! every doctor is different with regard to your post-op regimen. by four months, i was on regular food, but you still may want to talk to the chefs at the restaurants. once you've been gastrically altered, protein is your very best friend, so they may be able to adapt a meal to make it heavy on the proteins. i even had a chef make me a pasta dish without the pasta on one of my walt disney world trips post-op. for the most part, you should be able to browse the menu and find something, but if you don't see something you think you can safely eat, you can ask for something else. you'll learn once you have your surgery and start eating real food again that some things are more tolerable than others, and you will want to stick with the things you know you can eat. i speak from experience that it is no fun to try a new food on vacation and end up laying on a theme park bathroom floor until your stomach feels better! talk to your surgeon to make sure you know what his dos and donts are, browse the menus at allears.net to see what is typically on the menus at the restaurants you want to try, and go from there. i'm so excited to have a new neighbor in loserville! good luck with your upcoming surgery, and if you need me, i'm right here! i have been in your shoes & am sorry to say it hasn't gotten better but... what i will tell you is don't waste time. it sounds like you are ahead of the game at least unlike myself. go get that referral to see a neuro asap - no matter what it is believe me it's better to no because my bosy is still trying to fight the unknown. i too, had a total hysterectomy (11/04) except i was exposed to dirty elevator hydraulic fluid which was on the instruments used internally/externally on me during my surgery. since these surgery my body has fallen apart.i no it's a different situation but you sound just like me about work and how you don't have time to be sick. that's more the reason to get it all taken care of now. i never even had one headache until the hysterectomy, then came the infections all over, flu-like symptoms, joint pain, fatigue, tingling in the hands, burry vision, numbness  then came in 2007 (although they said it was missed on the 2005 mri) brain lesions. apparently i had a few in 2005 that they wrote off as being sinus & miragranes, but then they got a little bigger & spread to different areas. at first with the symptoms & brain lesions they were sure it was ms but the spinal tap & mri on my spine showed no lesions so they were unsure. i was treated with a week of iv steriods because the pain & symptoms were so severe though. depending on the weather my symptoms came & went. i finally began seeing doctors at unc only & at john hopkins in maryland. i was hospitalized for the first time in july due to seizures, which i have never had before. i am currently trying to get the right doctor, medicine, diagnosis for that. so ... this is so much more then u wanted to no but no-one seemed to be proving u with any feedback either so i think i would try.go do what you need to do, please! t consider following
a. x ray of the foot, to rule out osteomyelitis, if present needs to be dealt 
b. radical debridement
c. npwt 
d. strict glycemic control and sugar charting daily.
d. routine blood investigation
e. doppler study of both lower limb.
f. considering her morbidities, skin grafting can be done to cover the wound. 
g. modified pmr footwear to be advised.
h. regular follow and educationon of the patient to avoid any trivial trauma in future.
i to do amputation at this stage, is very early. but yeah if there is recurrent ulceration, patient is not keeping glycemic control and if other morbidities present(cardiac and or renal), patient is not regular on follow up, amputation can be considered later. 
j. most important thing remember your patient is diabetic, dnt forget to evaluate cardiac system, renal, and ophthalmology to stage and manage other systemic issues in diabetes.