Use of a cast compared with a functional ankle brace after operative treatment of an ankle fracture. A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-211

  Lehtonen, Hannu ^a   Järvinen, Teppo L N ^b   Honkonen, Seppo ^b   Nyman, Markku ^b   Vihtonen, Kimmo ^b   Järvinen, Markku ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSESTHESIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; ANKLE INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FRACTURE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037313619     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200302000-00004     Document Type: Article

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