Abstract:The authors tested the clinical efficacy of the malleotrain bandage in a clinical field trial on a very large mixed patient material from 1980 onwards. The patient material included a total of 350 cases of ankle joint injuries with partial and total fibular ruptures of ligament, ruptures of the inferior tibiofibular joint, conditions after malleolar fractures as well as posttraumatic or postoperative swelling.--It was found that the malleotrain bandage achieved subsidence of swelling of the periarticular soft … Show more
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