My husband had open heart surgery (pericardectomy) 6 weeks ago. He now has a very slumped posture where his shoulders and head fall forward and it seems to cause a shffling gait. Is this normal and will it go away or should we be concerned that this posture might become permanent?
Hi open heart surgery requires opening of the front wall of chest, all ribs are cut and again tied after the operation it will take some time for the bones to return to the normal shape and size6 months to 1 year is the ideal time taken by ones for repairment worry a lot about it the posture will return to normal once the ribs and sternum heals itself