Short-term results and review of the literature after femoral fractures in patients with total hip replacements
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Orthopaedic surgery: Vancouver B2/3 periprosthetic fracturesSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN67843945
- Lead Sponsor
- BG Trauma Center Tübingen
- Brief Summary
2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32746487/ (added 05/08/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Inclusion Criteria
All consecutive Vancouver B2 and B3 fractures that were recorded between 2013 and 2016 and treated with a cementless, modular, fluted, tapered revision stem (Prevision®, B. Braun Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, Germany) were included and retrospectively analyzed. The patients who could be contacted were examined clinically and radiologically within the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Insufficient data or follow-up at less than 3 months
2. Patients who suffered from dementia
3. Insufficient knowledge of the study language
4. incapable of participating in the study due to severe health conditions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical and radiological outcome, measured using the Harris Hip Score and a regular clinical examination comprising palpation of the site as well as evaluation of ROM (range of motion) and standardized radiographs of the affected hip in two planes at the time of the patients' individual postoperative follow-up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Complications, measured by analyzing clinical and radiological outcome combined with data from the digital clinical information charts regarding subsequent surgeries as well as any kind of complication occurred for the duration of the study