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Originally Posted by nadja66
hmm..at the place where i work we also tell the patients that they can sleep on the good side with a pillow between the leg. to lie on the operated leg mostly really hurts them and is not possible during the first week..
but of course if they lie on the good side the chance that the leg goes in to adduction is much bigger..
most patients by us anyway prefer to sleep supine, even if they didnt befor surgery..
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Heh .... well, I used to find in the UK that patients just about got used to sleeping supine by about six weeks ... ie the time we told them they no longer had to!
