FAST: Clinical Feasibility
- Conditions
- Femur Fracture
- Interventions
- Device: FAST
- Registration Number
- NCT03775408
- Lead Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Brief Summary
This study evaluates the clinical ease of use of the Femoral Antegrade Starting Tool (FAST).
- Detailed Description
The investigators will recruit 10 patients at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre that are scheduled to receive femoral antegrade intramedullary nailing to treat a femur fracture. This study evaluates the clinical ease of use of the Femoral Antegrade Starting Tool (FAST) device, and the surgical workflow during entry point selection and guidewire alignment for intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures. It is hypothesized that the usage of the tool will reduce surgery time and number of images required.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
- Patients with a femoral shaft fracture
- Undergoing anterograde intramedullary nailing procedure
- Femoral head or neck fractures
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description FAST Patients FAST Patients at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre with femur fractures that will undergo a femoral antegrade intramedullary nailing procedure.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Procedure Time 1 day Time of the procedure from the initiation of the guidewire step (surgeon picking up the guidewire) to the removal of the FAST device following acceptable guidewire placement
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fluoroscopic Images 1 day Number of fluoroscopic images used to obtain start point
Number of guidewire drilling attempts 1 day Number of times the guidewire has been drilled into the bone to test the alignment.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada