Status:

COMPLETED

Trochanteric Fractures - How to Improve the Results of Reduction and Implant Positioning

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Conditions:

Hip Fractures

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

This prospective study (including patients with an intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric fractures type 31A1, 31A2 and 31A3) is to assess the effect of an educational intervention for operating surgeon...

Detailed Description

Intertrochanteric fractures are one of the most frequent fracture type in the elderly population usually occurring in patients older than 60 years of age. Almost all fractures are treated operatively ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients presenting with an intertrochanteric fracture type 31A1 or 31A2 or subtrochanteric fracture type 31A3
  • Surgeon must have completed the teaching video on how to evaluate intraoperatively the fracture, the reduction and the implant positioning and complete the reduction algorithm documenting that all intraoperative steps have been correctly accomplished

Exclusion

  • Patients operated without adherence to the reduction algorithm
  • Patients operated by surgeons who did not attend the teaching session

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 8 2020

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

250 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03875443

Start Date

January 8 2020

End Date

December 31 2021

Last Update

January 19 2022

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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel

Basel, Switzerland, 4031