Fitting your boot  · Virtual Fracture Clinic (2024)

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Fitting your boot  · Virtual Fracture Clinic? ›

This service is for those who have attended UCH with a bone, joint, or muscle injury, (often called an orthopaedic injury). When patients do not need to be admitted to hospital after this type of injury, they are usually referred to be seen in a fracture clinic.

This service is for those who have attended UCH with a bone, joint, or muscle injury, (often called an orthopaedic injury). When patients do not need to be admitted to hospital after this type of injury, they are usually referred to be seen in a fracture clinic.

Dependent on the outcome of the virtual consultation, a specialist orthopaedic nurse will contact you over the phone to discuss your treatment or provide advice, with a followup appointment if necessary. An appointments booking clerk will contact you to arrange an appointment in most appropriate clinic.

At this appointment the patient, or patient's notes and x-rays will first be reviewed by the doctor and treatment prescribed. Sometimes a further x-ray will be necessary. Treatment will be organised and any further appointment will be under the care of the same consultant at their fracture clinic.

The physiotherapists will then contact the patient within 72 hours of them receiving the referral to discuss their condition and ongoing management plan. After this review, the condition can be managed with one of the following: booked into a specialty orthopaedic clinic.

Your case will be reviewed by an orthopaedic consultant within 72 hours (96 hours for referrals made on a Friday). appropriate treatment.

You will need to be referred by your GP or have attended the Accident and Emergency department first.

The fracture may, however, simply be impossible to detect with radiography and in 2-9% radiography has been reported to have missed fractures or be suspect for fracture (103, 104).

Generally speaking, the more severe the fracture, the more likely you will need to go to the ER. For example, an open or complete fracture will almost always require emergency room treatment. On the other hand, a stress fracture may not need any medical attention at all.

What is a virtual fracture? ›

About. Our hand and wrist virtual fracture clinic service is a targeted triage service that offers phone consultations with a multidisciplinary team of specialists within two to three days of referral.

Provides acute management of non-surgical fractures of the upper and lower limbs for adults and pediatric patients. Assesses and treats both adult and pediatric patients with the following acute injuries: fractures not requiring emergent surgery.

It is ok to take the boot off at night, when resting at home and to wash. Regularly perform the exercises below to get your movement back.

The boot you have been given is for your comfort only and is not needed to aid fracture healing but will help to settle your symptoms. Follow up: We do not routinely follow up patients with this type of injury.

If supplied, wear the boot for comfort when walking. It is fine to remove the boot to wash and air the foot when not walking. You do not need to wear the boot at night but may do so for comfort if you prefer. Begin gentle movement exercises (as on the previous page).

Traditionally, all patients who sustain a broken bone (fracture), are given an appointment for a fracture clinic. This often happens on the day following the injuries. These clinic are often busy and can be quite bewildering. There is often removal and application of plaster casts, along with taking x-rays.

The Fracture Clinic holds appointments for patients who may have sustained acute fractures, musculoskeletal injuries and other orthopaedic conditions. Your appointment will be held by an orthopaedic consultant or their specialist registrar.

Remote injury was defined as any other injury sustained at the time of fracture not localized to affected extremity.