Status:
COMPLETED
Acetabular Fractures of Both Columns
Lead Sponsor:
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Conditions:
Acetabular Fractures
Both Columns
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to study a specific acetabular (hip socket) fracture pattern and how its treatment affects the functional, clinical, and x-ray outcomes. There are no experimental proce...
Detailed Description
This study will identify a small subset of patients that fall outside the Letournel classification system of acetabular fractures. The fracture pattern, its influence on the surgical treatment decisio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients that underwent surgical fixation of the hip at Hershey Medical Center between June 2006 and May 2007 by Dr's J. Spence Reid and David Goodspeed.
- They will include patients that are admitted directly from the field or are transferred from outside hospitals.
Exclusion
- will be those acetabular fractures of non-traumatic etiology (e.g.: secondary to malignancy or fatigue)
- fractures that have not undergone operative fixation
- pediatric populations under the age of 18
- mentally compromised patients
- those that do not give consent for the clinical evaluation.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 28 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
52 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00676611
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
February 28 2014
Last Update
June 19 2017
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033