Status:
COMPLETED
Volar Locked Plating for Distal Radius Fractures: Should the Pronator Quadratus Be Spared?
Lead Sponsor:
Kasr El Aini Hospital
Conditions:
Distal Radius Fracture
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Volar locked plates for the distal radius fractures (DRFs) are applied through the Henry approach and it's modification, this approach entails a routine step to disinsert the pronator quadratus from i...
Detailed Description
Distal radius fractures (DRFs) account for about 17.5% of all adult fractures and represent the most common fracture of the upper extremity. For severely displaced or unstable fractures, open reductio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- isolated closed distal radius fractures
Exclusion
- fractures \>3 weeks old,
- age \>60 years (reflecting our practice of treating most low-demand elderly patients nonoperatively unless the fracture was highly unstable),
- pathologic fractures (e.g. metastatic lesions).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
72 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06972550
Start Date
February 1 2018
End Date
December 1 2024
Last Update
May 15 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Cairo University Hospital
Cairo, Egypt