Treatment of perioperative swelling by rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE) without and with additional application of negative pressure (RICE(+)) in patients with a unilateral ankle fracture: study protocol for a monocentric, evaluator-blinded randomized controlled pilot trial

BACKGROUND: Edema is commonly seen after surgical fixation of ankle fractures. Rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE) is an established combination to prevent swelling but hardly able to stimulate lymphatic resorption. Recently, an epicutaneously applied negative pressure suction apparatus (Ly...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Dagmar-C, Sckell, Axel, Garkisch, Angelina, Dresing, Klaus, Eisenhauer, Anton, Valentini, Luzia, Mittlmeier, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8588602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34772457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00944-7

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