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SUBMITTER: Kwah LK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6573094 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kwah Li Khim LK Webb Matthew T MT Goh Lina L Harvey Lisa A LA
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20190617
<h4>Background</h4>Dressings are part of the routine postoperative management of people after transtibial amputation. Two types of dressings are commonly used; soft dressings (e.g. elastic bandages, crepe bandages) and rigid dressings (e.g. non-removable rigid dressings, removable rigid dressings, immediate postoperative protheses). Soft dressings are the conventional dressing choice as they are cheap and easy to apply, while rigid dressings are costly, more time consuming to apply and require s ...[more]