Before and after surgery
How to Prepare for Foot and Ankle Surgery: A Checklist
A practical checklist for the weeks before surgery: your health review, the risks you can change, setting up your home, and what to bring.
7 min read
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Foot surgery preparation and recovery articles
Much of a good result is decided before the operation and in the weeks after it. These articles cover the practical questions: how to get ready, what raises the risk of a healing problem, and when everyday activities such as driving can resume.
Articles in Before and after surgery
Before and after surgery
When Can I Drive After Foot or Ankle Surgery?
The answer depends on which foot was operated on, what you are wearing and what you are taking. What research on braking shows, and how to decide.
6 min read
Before and after surgery
Smoking, Diabetes and Foot Surgery Healing: What to Know
Two of the biggest risks for a healing problem are ones you can act on. What the research shows about smoking, blood sugar and nerve damage.
6 min read
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