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Positive fat pad after pediatric elbow injury without direct proof of a fracture in X-ray, what is the correlate in MRI?

Conditions
S42.41
Registration Number
DRKS00020351
Lead Sponsor
Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

age below 16 years on day of injury
• Written informed consent and data protection agreement of parents and child depending on maturity
• Trauma can be remembered and happened within 48 hours before X-ray
• Isolated supracondylar fracture Type I according to Laer (undisplaced)
o No fracture line visible in X-ray
o Positive Fat-pad-sign in X-ray
• Consent for MRI and MRI done within 14 days after trauma

Exclusion Criteria

language barrier, child refuses MRI

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
umber of supracondylar humerus fractures in patients with positive fat pad sign.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
umber and location of other injuries of the MRI scan area, correlation with age and gender
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