CompletedPhase 3

Electromagnetic Stimulation as Coadjuvant in the Healing of Diaphyseal Femoral Fractures

Colombia64 participantsStarted 2008-01

Plain-language summary

This study specifically evaluates the effects of electromagnetic stimulation for diaphyseal femur fractures using a device developed by the investigators. The hypothesis is that patients with femoral diaphysis treated with the electromagnetic stimulation have less non-union after six months than patients treated with a placebo device.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients of any sex, * age between 18 and 60 years, with a closed fracture in their femoral diaphysis or an open fracture secondary to a low-speed bullet; * treated with open or closed reduction and intramedullary reamed blocked nail. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients were excluded if they had a pathological fracture, * an open fracture from another etiology, or if they were treated after 10 days from the day of fracture.

What they're measuring

Fracture healing

Timeframe: up to 18 weerks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02188836

SponsorFundacion Clinica Valle del Lili

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2010-10

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