Status:
COMPLETED
Treatment of Displaced, Midshaft Clavicle Fractures. Sling or Plate?
Lead Sponsor:
Hvidovre University Hospital
Conditions:
Acute, Displaced Midshaft Clavicle Fractures
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Clavicle fractures are frequent and represent somewhere between 5 and 10% of all fractures seen in orthopedics. There is no consensus concerning the best treatment of acute, displaced, midshaft clavi...
Detailed Description
Conservative treatment has been the preferred treatment for midshaft clavicle fractures, whether the fracture is displaced or undisplaced. The background for this comes from two large studies done in ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18-65 years
- The patient can not have any medical untreated illness : only ASA 1-2
- The patient must be able to speak and understand Danish.
- The patient must be able to give informed consent.
- The patient is expected to be able to follow the postoperative controls.
Exclusion
- Multitrauma patient
- Other simultaneous fractures
- Former surgery of the shoulder or clavicular.
- Former chronic illness of the shoulder
- Pathological or open fractures
- Associated nerve or vessel damage of the affected arm.
- Fractures older than 3 weeks (21 days)
- Patients with drug(alcohol abuse where it is not expected that the patient i able to complete the follow-up.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01483482
Start Date
April 1 2011
End Date
September 1 2016
Last Update
June 26 2019
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital of Hvidovre
Hvidovre, Denmark, 2650