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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12606000219583
ACTRN12606000219583RecruitingPhase 2

Implementing early CT scans to diagnose clinical fractured scaphoid and to avoid 10 days immobilization in plaster

Ballarat Health Services (BHS)0 sites100 target enrollmentStarted: June 1, 2006Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
100

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary Purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
Open (masking not used)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
14 Years to ot stated (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • A clinical scaphoid fracture will be defined as the presence of snuffbox tenderness” in a patient with a mechanism of injury consistent with scaphoid trauma but normal initial radiographs. ED patients, who meet the clinical definition and had normal scaphoid x-rays.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients who are known to be pregnantPatients who are unable to give informed consentPatients who do not consent to participate.

Investigators

Sponsor
Ballarat Health Services (BHS)

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