Your most frequently asked questions

In case of surgery:

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• Will I be improved? ​

  • YES: the goal of surgery is to improve you. Almost always, this improvement is seen

  • No surgeon, no doctor has ever done better than nature

  • A surgical gesture is a gesture of repair

  • Sometimes, the good result is delayed by difficult consequences: stiffness, capsulitis, algoneurodystrophy etc.

  • Even if the result remains generally satisfactory, some after-effects may persist (loss of strength, stiffness, etc.)

• The intervention presents risks? ​

  • YES : like a drug treatment, a surgical procedure presents risks

  • Lack of treatment is often more risky

  • The risks are assessed by your surgeon and your anesthetist: They are correlated to your state of health

  • Identified risks may lead to the contraindication of an intervention

• Before your hospitalization? ​

  • An anesthesia consultation is mandatory .

  • The purpose of this consultation is to assess your state of health and prevent possible risks.

  • Some of your treatments will sometimes be stopped (Anticoagulants and Psychotropics)

  • After the age of 50, a cardiology consultation is necessary

• My hospitalization?​​

  • Hospitalization is as short as possible

  • The duration of your hospitalization depends on your pathology, your age and your state of health.

  • It very often takes place in AMBULATORY (I do not sleep in the hospital)

  • Procedures for joint prostheses can sometimes require 2 to 5 days of hospitalization

  • Your family situation, or your isolation are taken into account

  • We adapt your hospital stay to your needs

• My recovery?

  • I return to my home. The need for a rehabilitation center is exceptional.

  • A rest period will be observed

  • Following certain interventions, I will be temporarily immobilized (three to four weeks)

  • Rehabilitation is started two to three days after the intervention

• My rehabilitation?

  • It is started as soon as possible

  • Sometimes it's just self-rehabilitation.

  • Sometimes a physiotherapist is needed. A prescription is given to you before your outing​

  • in the case of difficulty moving, the first part of rehabilitation can be done at home with the physiotherapist.  

• My work ?

  • The cessation of professional activity is generally three months

  • The objective is to allow you to continue your profession, This objective is achieved most often

  • Some work activities can be resumed more quickly

  • Some jobs with high physical strain can lead to a request for the adaptation of the workstation, and more rarely to a professional retraining depending on your age and the intervention carried out.

• My autonomy?

  • Generally, the autonomy is not very disturbed

  • It is preferable to be surrounded by a third party during the first 4 weeks after the intervention

  • Daily life tasks are generally possible (Toilet, prepare meals, get dressed)

  • For the most isolated and dependent people, the prescription of home help is possible

• Drive my car?

  • Generally, driving a vehicle is unreasonable for the first three weeks

  • For interventions requiring immobilization and rehabilitation, driving becomes possible at the sixth post-operative week.

• Cultivate your garden? Tinker...

  • Leisure activities are generally resumed gradually when rehabilitation has made it possible to obtain autonomy, i.e.: around the sixth post-operative week

  • Manual activity is beneficial, but should not generate painful or inflammatory symptoms

• My holidays ?

  • Postoperative convalescence does not prohibit holidays if care and rehabilitation can be provided  

  • ​ Self-rehabilitation in the pool is often beneficial

  • The preferred transport will be the train and the plane

• The resumption of sport?

  • The sport is resumed when you have regained good aptitude and the absence of pain

  • Soft sports or physical maintenance activities can be resumed gradually at the 10th week

  • High-risk sports (climbing, contact, combat), as well as competition, will not be resumed before the third month and after consulting your surgeon.