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What Causes Difficulty In Bowel Movement And Blood While Urinating After Hip Surgery?

Hubby had hip revision surgery 4 days ago and is taking Percocet and not moving around as much as usual. He strained very hard to have a bowel movement this morning and then had bright red blood from the penis. Next time he urinated he passed a tiny clot. Then nothing for hours, but just had bleeding with urination again. No pain, no burning. Last night he was in the ER with a fever. All labs including urinalysis were normal. He was dehydrated.
Mon, 10 Dec 2018
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Hello,

Blood in urine post hip replacement surgery is a rare complication though harmless and completely curable with symptomatic treatment. It is due to the intrapelvic intrusion of cement used in hip replacement. Another possibility is due to long-term or >4days foley catheterization of the urethra.

Kindly report your symptoms to the surgeon who operated such that he can do a clinical examination and if required some investigations like x-ray kidney, ureters, and bladder.

You need not worry as it is not a dangerous condition and is treatable. So, please do notify the concerned surgeon as early as possible.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Pallavi.m,
Anesthesiologist
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What Causes Difficulty In Bowel Movement And Blood While Urinating After Hip Surgery?

Hello, Blood in urine post hip replacement surgery is a rare complication though harmless and completely curable with symptomatic treatment. It is due to the intrapelvic intrusion of cement used in hip replacement. Another possibility is due to long-term or 4days foley catheterization of the urethra. Kindly report your symptoms to the surgeon who operated such that he can do a clinical examination and if required some investigations like x-ray kidney, ureters, and bladder. You need not worry as it is not a dangerous condition and is treatable. So, please do notify the concerned surgeon as early as possible. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Pallavi.m, Anesthesiologist