After the successful surgery, you are expected to strictly follow what the doctor has told you. This is for you to improve faster and be able to return to your activities of daily living as early as possible. Your doctor would probably prescribe you the following:

• Pain medications – Given temporarily to manage the pain after the procedure.
• Anti-thrombosis medication – Usually after surgery to avoid having deep venous thrombosis.

You should be watchful for the following:

• Infection – Be watchful for any signs of infection on the surgical site. This may include pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes pus discharge.
• Bleeding – As cuts were made, surgical site can bleed. This can also result from trauma or disturbance in the previously repaired surgical site.
• Falls – As balance is kept by one leg alone, one must be careful especially with ambulation.
• Deep Vein Thrombosis – Since your extremity mobilization is impaired as of the moment, you should be careful of possible deep vein thrombosis – doctors may prescribe blood thinners to help prevent such occurrence. Mobilization and physical therapy is needed.

Make sure you have someone to assist you with wound cleaning and attending to your needs. After a few days, you may need to check with your doctor for follow up. You may need to have an x-ray to confirm the placement of the implant and how it is doing.

In the rehabilitation process, you are advised to undergo sessions of physical therapy. With this, your progress is monitored and you will be reaching postoperative milestones appropriately.