Status:
UNKNOWN
Operative Treatment of Extraarticular Colles' Fractures of the Distal Radius (OTEC)
Lead Sponsor:
Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Collaborating Sponsors:
Philipps University Marburg
Conditions:
Colles' Fracture
Radius Fractures
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a prospective, randomized, multi-center pilot study of unstable extraarticular fractures of the distal radius with dorsal displacement of the distal fragment in elderly patients. The patients ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Isolated, extraarticular, unstable Colles' fracture of the metaphysis of the distal radius (AO type A3)
- Age 65 years or older
- Patient agreed with and signed the "informed consent" form
Exclusion
- Fractures older than 7 days (more than 1 week between injury and treatment)
- Other injuries of the hand
- Other relevant injuries of the upper extremities
- Open fracture
- Patients with one hand missing
- Clinical or radiological signs of any rheumatoid disease, osteoarthritis, or polyarthritis
- Previous skeletal injury or severe soft tissue injury of the arm
- History of drug or alcohol abuse
- Patients unlikely to cooperate or attend all scheduled visits
- Patients who have participated in any other device or drug clinical trial within the previous month
- Patients with legal incompetence
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00271726
Start Date
November 1 2005
Last Update
April 27 2007
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Trauma and Hand Surgery, University Hospital
Düsseldorf, Germany, D - 40225