Status:
WITHDRAWN
Treatment Of Supracondylar Fractures Closed Reduction And Circular Ring External Fixation Versus Open Reduction and Internal Fixation
Lead Sponsor:
Baylor College of Medicine
Conditions:
Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
Eligibility:
All Genders
12-18 years
Brief Summary
Patients treated with circular external fixation will have better outcomes (as measured by range of motion (ROM), alignment, outcome surveys) than those treated with open reduction and internal fixati...
Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is to compare patients who undergo ORIF versus circular external fixation for supracondylar humerus fractures in children ages 12-18. We are asking parental permission to col...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 12 and 18 years old
- Supracondylar/periarticular humerus fracture needed operative fixation
- Fracture is unable to be treated with percutaneous skeletal fixation.
Exclusion
- Any previous elbow injury
- Osteogenesis imperfecta or another fragile bone disease
- Elbow stiffness from another cause
- Any pre-existing arm weakness.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2014
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02196311
Start Date
March 1 2014
End Date
December 1 2017
Last Update
November 12 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030