A 10-year Retrospective Case-Series of Venous Thrombo-Embolism frequency in Patients Treated with Total Contact Casts

Category: Diabetes Introduction/Purpose: Venous Thrombo-Embolism (VTE) is a recognized complication of lower limb immobilization. In the neuropathic patient total contact casting (TCC) is used in the management of acute charcot neuroathropathy and/or to off-load neuropathic ulcers. To our knowledge,...

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Main Authors: Xenia Tonge BMBS MSc BSc(Hons) MRCS, James Widnall MB ChB FRCS (Tr&Orth), Gillian Jackson MB ChB FRCS(Tr&Orth) MFSTEd PGCert, Simon Platt MB ChB FRCS FRCS(Tr&Orth) PGCert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-10-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419S00418