ateral versus Modified Tilted Supine Position of the Patients Undergoing Peritrochanteric Fracture Fixation by a Dynamic Hip Screw

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning; Surgery; Peritrochanteric fracture

• Registration Number: PACTR201412000946361
• Lead Sponsor: Asser Sallam, MD, PhD

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-11-25
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

Male and female patients
- Age over 40 years
- Stable or unstable peritrochanteric fractures as a result of either high or low energy trauma
- No medical contraindications to surgery
- Patients are keen to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients with previous hip surgeries
- Pathological fractures
- Osteoarthritic hip changes
- Non-united fractures

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Procedural dificulties: The time taken to position the patient, and to reduce the fracture (setting-up time), Operating time, mean Image Intensifier exposure time, perioperative blood loss, postoperative wound drainage, and the amount of blood transfused.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Radiological outcomes: amount of displacement between the two main fracture fragments, the neck-shaft angle, the position of the implant, Tip Apex Distance and the modified Parker¿s Index Ratio.