WithdrawnNot Applicable

Treatment Of Supracondylar Fractures Closed Reduction And Circular Ring External Fixation Versus Open Reduction and Internal Fixation

Stopped: no patient recruited

United States0Started 2014-03

Plain-language summary

Patients treated with circular external fixation will have better outcomes (as measured by range of motion (ROM), alignment, outcome surveys) than those treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF).

Who can participate

Age range12 Years – 18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 12 and 18 years old * Supracondylar/periarticular humerus fracture needed operative fixation * Fracture is unable to be treated with percutaneous skeletal fixation. Exclusion Criteria: * Any previous elbow injury * Osteogenesis imperfecta or another fragile bone disease * Elbow stiffness from another cause * Any pre-existing arm weakness.

What they're measuring

Range of motion (ROM), change is being assessed

Timeframe: Initial post-op (first return visit to clinic after surgery), 6 (+/-) weeks, 3(+/-) months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02196311

SponsorBaylor College of Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-12

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