Comparison of the clinical, functional and radiological results after reduction and implantation of a plate osteosynthesis or the combination of a plate osteosynthesis with a TightRopesystem for stabilization after distal clavicle fracture - a clinical prospective randomized pilot study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- S42.03
- Registration Number
- DRKS00020268
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of legal age, treated at the Center for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, with the diagnosis of an unstable distal clavicular fracture are included.
Exclusion Criteria
Age <18,
Inability to consent,
Congenital deformities of the upper extremity,
Missing declaration of consent or
Rejection of participation,
Fracture age> 4 weeks
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Survey of the subjective, clinical, functional and radiological outcome after surgical treatment by a plate osteosynthesis or the combination of plate osteosynthesis plus TightRope.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gender, age, height / weight, comorbidities, current medication, general risk factors (smoking, alcohol), postoperative complications (wound healing disorders, infections, re-fracture, material breakage, failure of bone healing).