Prospective Trial on Trochanteric Femur Fractures Treated With or Without a Trochanter Support Plate
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Femoral Fractures
- Interventions
- Procedure: Addition of TSP to DHS
- Registration Number
- NCT00626470
- Lead Sponsor
- St. Olavs Hospital
- Brief Summary
Fractures just below the hip often are treated with a so called Gliding Screw and Plate (DHS). Recently a new additional plate called a Trochanter Support Plate (TSP) which attaches to the DHS has become available which is claimed to give extra support to the fracture. In a prospective randomised study we wish to test the hypothesis that the TSP does not give any additional stability to the fracture treated with the DHS.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
- Clinical diagnosis of unstable trochanteric femur fracture.(Evans-Jensen class.3-5)
- (can include; Patients with cognitive problems (ie. dementia etc)
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with pathological fractures
- Multitrauma patients
- Patients not able to walk before the fracture
- Under 19 years old.
- Patients with fractures needing other treatments than gliding hip screws
- Reverse oblique fractures.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description -TSP Addition of TSP to DHS Patients operated without TSP +TSP Addition of TSP to DHS Patients operated with TSP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fracture movement postoperatively One year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain postoperatively one year Reoperation One year complications postoperatively one year Hip function postoperatively one year Fracture healing one year
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ortopaedic Department, St.Olavs Hospital
🇳🇴Trondheim, Norway