Distal femur fractures in the clinical and radiological long-term evaluatio

• Conditions: S72.4; S72.41; Fracture of lower end of femur

• Registration Number: DRKS00029568
• Lead Sponsor: Klinikum Konstanz

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-10-06
• Study Completion: 2023-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

Age > 18 at time of surgery
Polytraumatized patients

Exclusion Criteria

Peri-implant / periprosthetic fracture
pathologic fracture

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary goal is to record the bony healing rate after osteosynthetically treated distal femur fractures which were achieved by different osteosynthesis methods (plate, nail, screw osteosynthesis).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
One of the secondary project goals is to clarify whether minimally invasive procedures or nail stabilization show comparable reduction results and bony healing times as procedures with plate osteosynthesis.<br>Further project goals are the analysis of postoperative complications such as bleeding, infections, bony malhealing, secondary loss of reposition with conditional reoperations on the affected extremity, occurrence of post-traumatic arthrosis, range of motion in the knee joint after surgical fracture stabilization