Status:

COMPLETED

Tension Band Wiring Versus Cannulated Screws in Fixation of Medial Malleolus in Ankle Fracture

Lead Sponsor:

Hawler Medical University

Conditions:

Medial Malleolus Fracture

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-55 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a prospective randomized study conducted on 30 patients with an age spanning between 20 and 55 years. Half of the sample was treated by tension band wiring for closed medial malleolar fracture...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients aged from 20-55 years.
  • Isolated or bimalleolar ankle fractures.
  • Closed fractures.

Exclusion

  • Patient with poor bone quality on x ray (radiological osteopenia, thinning of the cortices, loss of trabecular definitions and previous insufficiency fractures)
  • Type D isolated medial malleolus, supination adduction (vertical malleolar) fractures.
  • Comminuted fractures.
  • Skeletally immature patients.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 30 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04301037

Start Date

April 1 2018

End Date

August 30 2019

Last Update

March 9 2020

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Sherwan Hamawandi

Erbil, Iraq, 44001