Post surgical rehabilitation may be necessary for a variety of surgical procedures including orthopaedic, cardiac, thoracic, neurological and abdominal surgery. All types of surgery present with a number of post operative consequences which can be helped with physiotherapy.
These include:
Poor wound healing
Reduced range of motion or stiffness in the knee
Infection in the wound or the new prosthesis
Pulmonary embolism—a blood clot in the lungs
Bleeding
Blood clots
Bone fracture during surgery
Damage to nerves or blood vessels