Article History
Received: 26 July 2023
Accepted: 2 October 2023
First Online: 16 October 2023
Declarations
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: Non-financial interests: EI is one of the orthopaedic consultant foot and ankle surgeons who operated on patients of the early weightbearing group. He was not involved in the collection or analysis of data.
: This study was registered with the local audit department of our Trust as part of an evaluation of our orthopaedic service. It followed local protocols for data collection, analysis and presentation, and ethical committee review was not required for this work as per local policy.