. Postoperative treatment; an epitome of the general management of postoperative care and treatment of surgical cases as practised by prominent American and European surgeons. tually twisted on its long axis, the influence of the brace and forciblemanipulation will usually correct the deformity. Active contraction ofthe weak muscles may be induced by tickling the sole of the foot or bythe use of electricity; and, finally, the entire limb should be thoroughlymassaged before the brace is reapplied. 448 POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT. When the deformity shows no tendency to recur, the brace may beremove
. Postoperative treatment; an epitome of the general management of postoperative care and treatment of surgical cases as practised by prominent American and European surgeons. tually twisted on its long axis, the influence of the brace and forciblemanipulation will usually correct the deformity. Active contraction ofthe weak muscles may be induced by tickling the sole of the foot or bythe use of electricity; and, finally, the entire limb should be thoroughlymassaged before the brace is reapplied. 448 POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT. When the deformity shows no tendency to recur, the brace may beremoved for a part of the day; later it is used only at night, and finally itmay be discarded if the child walks normally. But it is best to continuethe daily manipulation, more particularly the systematic stretching orovercorrection of the foot, for a long time. Thus one may assure onesself that there is no tendency toward deformity, of which the first symp-tom is always a slight limitation of the range of dorsal flexion and ofabduction. In some instances the deformity may have been so thoroughly over-corrected by the plaster-of-Paris bandage or by the brace, and the after-.
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