Buddy Taping Compared to Splint Immobilization for Displaced Paediatric Finger Fractures
- Conditions
- Fracture Finger
- Registration Number
- NCT04068935
- Lead Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
- Brief Summary
Fracture immobilization with Buddy taping is not inferior to Splint immobilization for non-displaced extra-articular paediatric finger fractures. However, whether the same applies for reduced finger fractures is unclear.
- Detailed Description
Displaced fractures will be reduced in the paediatric ED by Emergency physicians. After fracture reduction, fracture immobilization will either be done with a Splint immobilization or a fingertaping. After 4 and 21 days, clinical and radiographic controls will take place at the Hand surgery outpatient clinic.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- extraarticular displaced finger fractures of the proximal or middle phalanges
- fractures of the thumb
- fractures that are open, instable, pathologic or multifragmented
- multiple fractures of the Hand
- phalangeal neck fractures
- presentation later than 5 days after the injury
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method secondary fracture displacement 5 and 21 days after fracture reduction X-ray controls
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient comfort 5 and 21 days after fracture reduction visual analog scale (VAS): Smiley scale with a range from 1 to 10, 10 being the highest score possible, indicating that the Patient comfort was very high.
Need for analgesic medication 5 and 21 days after fracture reduction interview with Patient and parents
total range of Motion 6 month after fracture reduction measurement
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Children's Hospital Zurich
🇨🇭Zürich, Switzerland
University Children's Hospital Zurich🇨🇭Zürich, Switzerland