YOUR HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY & REHABILITATION
DAY 1
Welcome to Budapest, Hungary! Your patient care coordinator will meet you at the Budapest Airport in a private car & bring you to the Főnix Medical Resort, which is a 1-hour drive from Budapest.
- You will have a tour of our beautiful property & check into your well-appointed room.
- You will meet the member of our staff who is your dedicated aide during the length of your stay.
- Today, you will also meet Dr. Lukács & Dr. Lang who will discuss your procedure & answer all your questions about the surgery & post-surgical rehabilitation.
DAY 2
Today, you will have a physical exam & any necessary lab tests required to clear you for surgery.
DAY 3
Today is the day you get a new hip & start immediately improving your quality of life!
- In the morning, you’ll be accompanied to the Dr. Albert Kenessey Hospital by your patient care coordinator.
- You will meet your multi-lingual anesthesiologist who will prepare you for surgery & discuss all post-operative expectations.
- Dr. Lukács & Dr. Lang will talk with you before the surgery begins.
- After surgery, Dr. Lukács & Dr. Lang will make sure you are comfortable & they will coordinate all post-operative care instructions for your private nurses.
- A member of your private staff from the medical resort will be with you each day in the hospital to assist with your post operative recovery.
DAY 4
- Dr. Lukács & Dr. Lang will visit you in the morning for the first post-operative check.
- All meals & snacks will be prepared especially for you & delivered to the hospital from the medical resort.
- Rehabilitation starts today, which includes circulatory repair and breathing gymnastics, isometric physical exercises of the leg, active exercises of the non-operated leg, & cryotherapy to aid healing.
DAY 5
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Dr. Lukács & Dr. Lang will visit you in the morning to continue post-operative care.
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All meals & snacks will be prepared especially for you & delivered to the hospital from the medical resort.
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Rehabilitation continues with limited physical exercises including isometrics, hip raises, standing & walking with a walking aid.
DAY 6
- Dr. Lukács & Dr. Lang will visit you in the morning to monitor your healing & rehabilitation progress.
- All meals & snacks will be prepared especially for you & delivered to the hospital from the medical resort.
- Rehabilitation continues with more physical exercises including increasing your range of movement, more standing, walking, & turning over from back to side & side to back.