Today's foot and ankle edition covers four open-access studies examining digital rehabilitation, perioperative drug management, preoperative interventions, and tarsal coalition treatment. We review evidence for smartphone-based rehabilitation after Achilles repair, consensus recommendations for managing complex medications in foot surgery, third-generation cryotherapy benefits for ankle fractures, and updated diagnostic and treatment approaches for talocalcaneal coalition.
"Home-Based Digital Exercise Program for Patients After Open Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial" — Wang H et al., JMIR Mhealth Uhealth — https://doi.org/10.2196/78100"Clinical Consensus Statement: Perioperative Management of Prothrombotics, Antiplatelets, Anticoagulants, DMARDs and Biologics in Elective Podiatric Surgery" — Tang J et al., J Foot Ankle Res — https://doi.org/10.1002/jfa2.70121"Third-generation cryotherapy reduces time to surgery and local complications in patients with ankle fractures: a prospective randomised controlled trial" — Lanzetti RM et al., J Orthop Surg Res — https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-025-06599-x"Talocalcaneal Coalition: Current Concepts, Clinical Implications, and Management Strategies" — Mascio A et al., Life (Basel) — https://doi.org/10.3390/life16030495