Two new studies presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society annual meeting in Boston found some concerning statistics when examining opioid use after routine ankle surgery. The findings suggest that more people are continuing to use opioids after therapeutic management for pain had concluded. According to researchers, chronic opioid use is “a major […]
Factors Driving Hospital Readmission After Ankle Surgery
If you need to have an operation performed, you hope that once you’re discharged from the hospital, you don’t have to go back. Unfortunately, that’s not the reality for some people who suffer complications or require additional treatment. Recently, researchers took a closer look at what factors drove hospital readmission and total cost after ankle […]
What Should I Know Before Foot Surgery?
Although Dr. Silverman has performed thousands of foot surgeries, most people who undergo an operation are doing so for the first or second time. This means that most patients are unfamiliar with what they should expect heading into the operating room. Below, we share five things we want patients to know before they undergo foot […]
Ask Dr. Silverman – How To Treat Repeated Ankle Sprain
*Ankle Issues? Listen to advice from a trusted ankle surgeon. Do you regularly roll your ankles? If so, odds are you have ankle instability. Thankfully, there’s a simple treatment option for ankle instability. In this short video, Dr. Lance Silverman explains how he can fix your instability and have you back on your feet in […]
Predicting Infection Likelihood After Open Ankle Fracture
A retrospective review of more than 1,000 patients who suffered an open ankle fracture revealed which factors made a person more likely to suffer a surgical site infection. For the study, researchers reviewed the medical records of 1,003 skeltally mature patients who underwent surgery for an open ankle fracture. They defined an infection as a […]