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Postoperative orthopaedic rehabilitation protocols
A library organised by body region and type of procedure.
The individual case, the individual patient, the individual surgeon. The name of an operation is only a starting point. Postoperative care depends on the actual extent of repair, tissue and bone quality, the stability achieved, the technique used, concomitant procedures and the course of healing.
If details of the operation are incomplete, weight-bearing, range of motion and strengthening should not be advanced independently. The documented procedure and the orthopaedic surgeon’s instructions take priority.
Published rehabilitation protocols
Select a body region to view the current list of published postoperative rehabilitation protocols.
Fractures of the ankle and foot, and cheilectomy
- Lateral malleolus fracture — rehabilitation after fixation
- Lateral malleolus fracture with distal tibiofibular syndesmotic injury
- Bimalleolar ankle fracture — rehabilitation after fixation
- Trimalleolar ankle fracture — postoperative rehabilitation
- First to fourth metatarsal fractures — postoperative rehabilitation
- Fifth metatarsal fracture — postoperative rehabilitation
- Calcaneal fracture — rehabilitation after fixation
- Hallux rigidus — rehabilitation after cheilectomy
Supplementary materials
Return-to-sport criteria after ACL reconstruction → — a review of research on functional assessment after reconstruction (in Polish).
Prepared by: Tomasz Poboży, MD, PhD
Specialist in orthopaedics and musculoskeletal traumatology. Educational material for professionals. It does not replace individual clinical assessment or the operating surgeon’s instructions.
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