Shorter recovery can be achieved from using walking boot after operative treatment of an ankle fracture

• Main Authors: Kentaro Amaha (Author), Tatsuya Arimoto (Author), Masayoshi Saito (Author), Atsushi Tasaki (Author), Soichi Tsuji (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background/Objective: Ankle fractures, even if treated surgically, usually take a long time to heal. For all patients with ankle fracture, immobilisation is a critical part of treatment. Short-leg walking boots (WBs) have been reported to be an effective alternative to plaster casts (PCs) that could...