Status:
COMPLETED
The Parapatellar Approach to Intramedullary Tibial Nailing
Lead Sponsor:
University of Utah
Conditions:
Knee Pain Intermittent
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Brief Summary
This project will address the incidence of anterior knee pain in the approaches used for tibial nailing. A parapatellar approach, with nail insertion in relative extension, will be compared to the app...
Detailed Description
In the population affected by orthopaedic injury, fractures of the tibial shaft are the most common of all long bone fractures. This fracture pattern occurs approximately 26 times per 100,000 people a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients, 18 years of age or older, who present to the University of Utah Medical Center for treatment of a tibia fracture that requires use of an intramedullary nail for fracture fixation.
Exclusion
- prior operations about the knee
- neurovascular compromise
- ipsilateral fracture of the femur or proximal tibia not amenable to intramedullary nailing
- patients who are non-ambulatory
- patients who have ipsilateral fractures involving the ankle or foot
- a fracture pattern that requires the surgeon to use a surgical approach outside the assigned treatment arm.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01407718
Start Date
June 1 2010
End Date
April 1 2021
Last Update
June 10 2021
Active Locations (1)
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University of Utah Orthopedics Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84121