Orthopaedic Conservative Treatment in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic

• Conditions: Proximal Humeral Fracture; Wrist Fracture; Ankle Fractures
• Interventions: Procedure: Observation for study group

• Registration Number: NCT04623346
• Lead Sponsor: Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascıoglu Education and Research Hospital Organization

Brief Summary

This is a one centered retrospective study. Tendency for surgical interventions in the pre-pandemic period was reduced to protect surgical team and patients. The investigators aimed to find out the answer to the following question: will conservative treatment be the shining star in the post pandemic period?

Detailed Description

The researchers compared the treatments performed for fractures during the Covid 19 pandemic period with the treatments performed in the prepandemic period. For this purpose, they tried to measure the effectiveness of the treatments according to clinical scoring by forming 2 groups.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-11
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-09
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-12
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-16
• Study Completion: 2020-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 262

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with extraarticular distal radius fracture, proximal humerus fracture and Weber type B ankle fracture were treated conservatively during March 11, 2020 and 11 August, 2020

Exclusion Criteria

• Surgically treated patients during March 11, 2020 and 11 August, 2020

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Wrist fractures in pandemic period	Observation for study group	Patients with extraarticular distal radius fracture in pandemic period
Proximal humerus fractures in pandemic period	Observation for study group	Patients with 2-part,3-part and 4-part fractures in pandemic period
Weber B-type Ankle fractures in pandemic period	Observation for study group	Patients with AO Weber B-type ankle fracture in pandemic period

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of the two groups in terms of bony union	12 week	The investigators aimed to investigate the duration of bone union time between two groups

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

SBU Prof. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey