REVIEW article
Front. Med.
Sec. Geriatric Medicine
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1592911
This article is part of the Research TopicFrom Crosstalk Among Cell Populations in the Microenvironment of Bone Degenerative Diseases to the Novel Therapeutic ApproachesView all 8 articles
Research progress on the causes and countermeasures of postoperative swelling in gluteal muscle contracture
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shenzhen Hospital, Peking University, Shenzhen, China
- 2College of Medicine, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China
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Surgical site swelling represents a prevalent complication following gluteal contracture release that adversely impacts functional recovery; while current literature predominantly focuses on rehabilitation outcomes, insufficient attention has been paid to swelling etiology. This review synthesizes causative evidence across three determinant categories: (1) preoperative factors-individual variations in coagulation profiles and symptom severity; (2) intraoperative variables-technical disparities in hemostasis, surgical trauma magnitude, and irrigation parameters; (3) postoperative divergences-inconsistent compression bandaging, exercise initiation timing, education quality, and compliance. Critical preventive strategies include implementing comprehensive preoperative education, standardizing surgical protocols, instituting graded rehabilitation, and establishing early detection-intervention frameworks, which collectively reduce swelling incidence and severity. These evidence-based approaches offer optimized clinical pathways while informing future research.
Keywords: gluteus contracture, Swelling, Hematoma, Nursing, summary
Received: 13 Mar 2025; Accepted: 22 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ren, Yang, Fan, Chen, Tan, Hu, Li and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Cong Yang, Shenzhen Hospital, Peking University, Shenzhen, China
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