Case Report
Safe Aftercare of Foot and Ankle Surgery: Doing less is more: The Jones Dressing Cast
| Tonio Gottlieb* | ||
| Der Fusschirurg, Teltower Damm 35, Germany | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Dr. Tonio Gottlieb Der Fusschirurg, Teltower Damm 35 14169 Berlin, Germany Tel: 00493080581207 Fax: 00493080581208 E-mail: TonioGottlieb@gmx.net |
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| Received June 28, 2014; Accepted August 28, 2014; Published September 08, 2014 | ||
| Citation: Gottlieb T (2014) Safe Aftercare of Foot and Ankle Surgery: Doing less is more: The Jones Dressing Cast. Clin Res Foot Ankle 2:152. doi: 10.4172/2329-910X.1000152 | ||
| Copyright: © 2014 Gottleib T, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
Aftercare of surgical procedures is not consensual in the community of foot and ankle surgeons. Although the incidence of infections following foot and ankle surgery is rare, soft tissue healing might be jeopardized after extensive and multiple approaches. Frequent follow-up with visual control of the operative wound is in part often thought to be the optimal wound care approach. The clinical research about the jones dressing cast showed: less frequent manipulation as well as strain limitation on the wound reduces the need of analgetics, the hospitalisation time, accelerates the mobilisation and helps to avoid complications.
