Posttraumatic osteoarthritis following perilunate dislocations and perilunate fracture dislocations in young patients and the correlation with subjective and objective outcome measures. A descriptive cohort study.
- Conditions
- carpal dislocationperilunate fracture dislocations1001732210005944
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON44129
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 33
All patients treated in the period 1996 until 2014 in the University Medical Center Groningen for a PLD-PLFD - Men between the ages of 18 - 50 years and women between the ages of 18 - 40 years at the time of injury (no clinical osteoarthritis according to current available information in the literature) - Written informed consent - Mentally competent
Preexistent osteoarthritis of the hand or preexistent declined function of the hand or wrist according to the patient - ASA III-V patients or other contra-indications for surgical treatment at the time of injury. These patients are not able to receive the most optimal treatment and thus altered outcome measures can be expected - No permanent residency (in the Netherlands) - Co-morbidity that may influence the outcomes, such as neurological of rheumatic disorders influencing arm function. - Insufficient control of the Dutch language. - No informed consent - Osteoporosis known from medical history - Pregnant women
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The prevalence of posttraumatic osteoarthritis.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Patient reported functional outcomes objectified with the PRWE, DASH, SF-36 and<br /><br>MHQ. Objective outcomes: range of motion, grip strength.</p><br>