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Clinical Trials/NCT00786942
NCT00786942
Completed
Not Applicable

Bone Graft Necessity in Opening-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy. A Randomized Clinical Trial

University of Campinas, Brazil1 site in 1 country44 target enrollmentApril 2006
ConditionsOsteoarthritis

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Osteoarthritis
Sponsor
University of Campinas, Brazil
Enrollment
44
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Clinical based bone union time
Status
Completed
Last Updated
15 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine wether autologous bone graft from iliac crest enhances bone union of tibial osteotomies, in the treatment of varus knee deformity.

Detailed Description

Opening-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy is a classic procedure,but the use of autologous bone graft from iliac crest causes pain and bleeding. Bone union occur even without bone graft, but no clinical trials compared results of the twoo procedures.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
April 2006
End Date
April 2009
Last Updated
15 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
University of Campinas, Brazil

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • varus knee deformity
  • unicompartmental arthrosis

Exclusion Criteria

  • patellar arthrosis
  • lateral arthrosis
  • inflammatory diseases
  • bone healing impair drugs or diseases

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Clinical based bone union time

Time Frame: after 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

  • X-ray femoro-tibial angle(6 months, 1 year)

Study Sites (1)

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