Aftercare for surgically treated ankle fractures

Affiliations

¹ Trauma Unit, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam 1105AZ, Netherlands. Electronic address: t.schepers@amsterdamumc.nl.
² Trauma Unit, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam 1105AZ, Netherlands.

Comment

Tim Schepers et al. Lancet. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 29;403(10446):2756-2757.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00916-4. Epub 2024 Jun 4.

¹ Trauma Unit, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam 1105AZ, Netherlands. Electronic address: t.schepers@amsterdamumc.nl.
² Trauma Unit, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam 1105AZ, Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Early versus delayed weight-bearing following operatively treated ankle fracture (WAX): a non-inferiority, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.
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