Abstract:In early 2020, in the editorial "A call to arms: it's time to bear weight," Trompeter [1] stated: "as we travel down the limb, we see an increased reluctance on the part of the treating surgeon to allow the patient to bear weight postoperatively." While early weight-bearing in postoperative hip fracture constructs is well established, fractures distal to the hip are less likely to be allowed full mobilization, even in the frail elderly. A steadily increasing stream of literature, from the ankle up, shows poten… Show more
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