Clinical Efficacy of Arteriovenous Foot Pump on Ankle Joint Swelling After Ankle Arthroscopy
LIU Leiying
WANG Zhijian
SUN Jian
GU Hong
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of arteriovenous foot pump on the ankle joint swelling after ankle arthroscopy for chronic lateral ankle instability.Methods From June 2015 to June 2017, 36 patients with chronic lateral ankle instabilities underwent arthroscopic modified Bromstrom were randomly divided into routine nursing group and compositive nursing group.The routine nursing group was treated with ice compress.In addition to the routine ice compress, the compositive nursing group was also performed arteriovenous foot pump treatment.The pain and swelling degree of ankle joints of two groups in 2, 5 and 14 days were assessed respectively.Results The pain scores and swelling degrees of compositive nursing group in 2 and 5 days were better than those of the routine nursing group (P＜0.05).After 14 days, the pain scores of two groups were significantly improved after surgrey (P＜0.05), but there was no significantly different in the swelling degrees (P＞0.05).Conclusion Arteriovenous foot pump can effectively reduce the swelling and pain in the early postoperative period of ankle arthroscopy for chronic lateral ankle instability, which can play apositive role in the early recovery of patients.
Keywords：AnkleArteriovenous foot pumpArthroscopy
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 555-558 )