Weight-bearing Diagnostics in Acute Lisfranc Injury: CT vs X-ray (NCT05799807) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Weight-bearing Diagnostics in Acute Lisfranc Injury: CT vs X-ray
Norway38 participantsStarted 2023-04-18
Plain-language summary
A prospective, cohort study comparing weight-bearing computed tomography with weight-bearing radiography in patients with an acute Lisfranc injury.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 70 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Acute trauma to the midfoot
* Intraarticular fracture and/or avulsion fracture in the TMT joint line (detected on a non-weight-bearing CT)
* Suspicion of a purely ligamentous Lisfranc injury (no radiological fractures but substantial clinical findings in the midfoot region, or evidence of ligamentous damage on a MRI)
* Consent-competent patient
Exclusion Criteria:
* Obvious acute unstable Lisfranc injuries (\>2mm dislocation between the medial cuneiform and second metatarsal)
* Injury older than four weeks
* Other major foot/ankle/leg injuries
* Previous foot infection or foot pathology on the affected side
* Previous surgery to the TMT joints, and sequelae after a previous foot injury
* Open injury
* Bilateral injury
* Patients with co-morbidities such as neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease