Status:
COMPLETED
Operatively Treated Open Pilon Fractures
Lead Sponsor:
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Conditions:
Open Pilon Fractures
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
A chart review will be performed to extrapolate information including sex, height, weight, date/time admitted to HMC, injury data, comorbidities, fracture pattern, antibiotic usage, surgical history, ...
Detailed Description
After patients are identified with the Orthopaedic Surgical Database, letters will be sent to those patients who meet inclusion/exclusion criteria informing them of the study and that they will be con...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients admitted to the Hershey Medical Center with a primary diagnosis of an open pilon fracture and surgically treated between 1/1/2000 and 12/31/2007.
- Temporization of the fracture may be performed elsewhere or by other orthopaedists at the Hershey Medical Center. Definitive surgery must be performed by Dr.'s David Goodspeed, J. Spence Reid, or Robert Simpson.
Exclusion
- closed pilon fracture or pathological fracture; definitive fracture fixation performed outside the Hershey Medical center or by a surgeon other than Dr.'s David Goodspeed, J. Spence Reid, and Robert Simpson; patient is diagnosed with active infection at the time of first surgery at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center; patient is less than 18 years of age at the time of definitive surgery;
- patient is mentally compromised and unable to give consent;
- does not cooperate with survey data acquisition; patient is deceased;
- patient presented with significant ipsilateral leg fracture or injury at anytime within the time frame of the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 9 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
37 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00689429
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
April 9 2010
Last Update
June 20 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033