Casting of children’s forearm fractures
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Investigating the efficiency and safety of casting fractures of both forearm bones in children in elbow extension versus elbow flexion.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20220318054329N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age between 3 and 13 years
2. Parents' consent to the child's participation in the study
3. Internal fracture of both forearm bones
4. Displaced forearm fracture
Exclusion Criteria
1. The need for surgical intervention before casting
2. Having underlying diseases that affect the recovery process (diabetes, autoimmune, etc.)
3. Contraindications for each casting method
4. Plastic deformation
5. Green Stick fracture or undisplaced and minimally displaced
6. Fracture of Montegia and Galzi
7. Open fracture
8. Pathological fracture
9. Tense swelling and subject to compartment syndrome
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The rate of non-union occurrence in both groups. Timepoint: 1.Before plastering 2.Immediately after plastering 3.1 week later 4.2 weeks later 5.3 weeks later 6.Week 6 7.Week 9 8.3 months later 9.6 months later. Method of measurement: Radiographic imaging and clinical functional tests.;The rate of malunion occurrence in both groups. Timepoint: 1.Before plastering 2.Immediately after plastering 3.1 week later 4.2 weeks later 5.3 weeks later 6.Week 6 7.Week 9 8.3 months later 9.6 months later. Method of measurement: Radiographic imaging and clinical functional tests.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method