[The Malleotrain bandage in a large clinical trial]

The authors tested the clinical efficacy of the malleotrain bandage in a clinical field trial on a very large mixed patient material from 1980 onwards. The patient material included a total of 350 cases of ankle joint injuries with partial and total fibular ruptures of ligament, ruptures of the inferior tibiofibular joint, conditions after malleolar fractures as well as posttraumatic or postoperative swelling.--It was found that the malleotrain bandage achieved subsidence of swelling of the periarticular soft parts, relief of complaints and considerable normalisation of functioning, within an unusually short time and without medication or other local measures.--Patients who had been operated on for complete rupture of fibulotalar ligament were given by Lippay the malleotrain bandage only, after having immobilised the malleolus by means of a plaster cast for 10 days, without any disadvantages in respect of healing and subsequent stability.--Blandfort had even treated complete lateral ankle joint ligament ruptures conservatively with the malleotrain bandage only and had thus achieved cure resulting in stable ligaments.--The ability to work and to resume sports activities returned on the average two weeks earlier than with plaster cast immobilisation.