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Knee Replacement Patients May Be Able to Hit the Shower Sooner
THURSDAY, May 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Knee surgery patients are usually instructed to wait two weeks after surgery to take a shower to reduce the risk of infection. But a small new study suggests this may not be necessary.
Researchers found no differences in bacterial swabs from those who waited two weeks to shower compared with those allowed to shower after about two days.
That's no doubt welcome news to the many patients who've struggled to find a way to bathe without getting their incision wet.
The study, led by Dr. Harold Rees, an orthopaedic surgeon at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill.
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