Problem: Following hip replacement surgery, the client has had many weeks of physical therapy. Upon assessing the wound, it is still red and draining thick, green, odoriferous secretions. The client has limited range-of-motion and is constantly reporting pain. The health care provider explains that the hip device needs to be removed. Why is removal required? No amount of antibiotic therapy will be able to reach the area around the new joint and kill the infection. The device is impeding the supply of nutrients and oxygen to reach the inflamed area. A fragment of bone may be rubbing at the insertion site of the joint and keeping it inflamed. The body considers the hip replacement device a foreign body and an infection has developed around the joint. Need Assignment Help?