Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of Treatment of Fractures of the Humerus With a Plate.
Lead Sponsor:
University of Aarhus
Conditions:
Fracture
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-85 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to study with the use of clinical and radiological parameters the treatment of three-part and four-part fractures with the Winsta PH osteosynthesis device (Fischer Medical...
Detailed Description
We shall measure the following clinical parameters with the help of the Constant Shoulder Score (CSS) and Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder Index (WOOS): 1. Pain 2. Activities of Daily L...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with three-part and four-part proximal humeral fractures
- Aged 50 years or older and fit
- Informed, written consent
- A functioning shoulder preoperatively -
Exclusion
- Patients found unsuitable preoperatively for a shoulder Philos Plate
- Patients aged 85 or older
- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis
- Patients who previously had undergone shoulder plastic or other major shoulder surgery
- Patients unable to avoid NSAID after surgery
- Patients requiring regular systemic steroid treatment
- Female patients taking hormone substitution
- Female patients in the fertile age range who do not use safe anti-conception (oral contraception, intrauterine devices, depot gestagens, vaginal hormone rings)
- Patients with metabolic bone disease -
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
36 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00408291
Start Date
December 1 2011
End Date
March 1 2023
Last Update
January 17 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Orthopaedic Department K, Silkeborg Hospital
Silkeborg, Denmark, 8600