Status:

WITHDRAWN

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

Lead Sponsor:

Baylor College of Medicine

Conditions:

Supracondylar Humerus Fractures

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-18 years

Brief 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 fixati...

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to compare patients who undergo ORIF versus circular external fixation for supracondylar humerus fractures in children ages 12-18. We are asking parental permission to col...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 12 and 18 years old
  • Supracondylar/periarticular humerus fracture needed operative fixation
  • Fracture is unable to be treated with percutaneous skeletal fixation.

Exclusion

  • Any previous elbow injury
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta or another fragile bone disease
  • Elbow stiffness from another cause
  • Any pre-existing arm weakness.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02196311

Start Date

March 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2017

Last Update

November 12 2020

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Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030