Status:
RECRUITING
The Treatment of Type I Open Fractures in Pediatrics
Lead Sponsor:
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Collaborating Sponsors:
Provincial Health Services Authority British Columbia
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Conditions:
Fractures, Open
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-14 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Open fractures are frequently encountered in orthopaedics. Treatment usually calls for a formal, operative procedure in which the bone is exposed, foreign tissue is debrided and the wound is irrigated...
Detailed Description
Fractures in which bone has been exposed to the outside world through an associated skin injury, known as open fractures, are frequently encountered in orthopaedics. Traditionally, treatment calls for...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- open fracture amenable to treatment by closed reduction
- low energy mechanism of injury (e.g., falls from less than 10 feet, bicycle accidents)
- wound less than 1cm in length and the bone not visualized through the skin
Exclusion
- open fracture not amenable to treatment by closed reduction
- open fracture that would typically require operative reduction and fixation
- high energy mechanism of injury (e.g., struck by vehicle, motor vehicle accidents, fall from height greater than 10 feet)
- wound greater than 1cm in length
- gross contamination of wound
- open fractures involving hands or feet (the current standard of care to treat open injuries involving hands or feet is only emergency room management)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
300 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00870064
Start Date
March 1 2010
End Date
June 1 2026
Last Update
June 29 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611