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Treatment of perioperative swelling by rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE) without and with additional application of negative pressure (RICE+) in patients with a unilateral ankle fracture: study protocol for a monocentric, evaluator-blinded randomized controlled pilot trial

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00944-7

Published Online: 2021-11-12

Published Print: 2021-12

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Authors

Fischer, Dagmar-C http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6332-0456
Sckell, Axel

Garkisch, Angelina

Dresing, Klaus

Eisenhauer, Anton

Valentini, Luzia

Mittlmeier, Thomas
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Universitätsmedizin Rostock
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Article History

Received: 16 February 2021

Accepted: 1 November 2021

First Online: 12 November 2021

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the institutional Ethics Committee (Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (approval number: A 2020-0092). All participants read and sign an informed consent prior to participation.

: Not applicable.

: DCF, AS, AG, AE, LV, and TM declare that they have no competing interests. KD declares that before this study was planned, he was a medical adviser for 1 year (2019) for LymphaTouch® to initiate other RCTs.

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