Table 2.

Postoperative courses.

Lead author	Dressings to recipient site	Antibiotics	Postop Weight bearing	1st dressing change	FU appointments
Mahmoud	Paraffin gauze, diluted povidone-iodine- soaked gauze, sterile gauze and roll bandage	N/A	Off-loading as required	post-op day 5	5 days, 2 wks, 3 wks, 8 wks, monthly
Puttirutvong	Non-adhesive gauze, wet swab with NSS and mild pressure outer layer	N/A	Weight bearing status not detailed	post-op day 1	N/A
Ramanujam	Bolster dressing: sterile nonadherent petrolatum gauze, several sterile plain sponges moistened in saline attached with skin staples, short leg cast/posterior splint	>2 wks oral with + wound cultures	Non-weight bearing in short leg cast or posterior splint × 3-4 wks	3-4 wks post-op	every 2 wks x 2 months, every 3-4 months once healed
Younes	Sterile nitrofurazone dressing, gauze, backslap of plaster of Paris for 1-2 wks	N/A	Post-op splint × 1-2 wks	post-op day 3 or 4	N/A

Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; postop, postoperative; FU, Follow-up wks; weeks, NSS, normal sterile saline.