Reintegration of patients undergoing hip transposition for malignant pelvic tumors:

A case study

Abstract

We carried out occupational therapy on a woman in her teens who underwent hip transposition arthroplasty following resection of pelvic sarcoma combined with temporally external fixation. At the time of diagnosis, she was supposed to go to university, and in the preoperative evaluation, she felt anxious about returning to school. The occupational therapy focused on toilet movement training before removal of the external fixation, and she was able to excrete using a toilet seat 19 days after surgery. After removal of the external fixation, we focused on changing clothes and bathing exercises. 75 days after the operation she was discharged to her home. She was able to get her driver’s license and drive herself to school one year after the treatment. The results indicate the importance of preoperative occupational therapy on the targeted recovery.