The importance of MRI as an imaging technique in patients with pelvic fracture

• Conditions: S32.1; S32.2; Fracture of sacrum; Fracture of pubis; S32.4; S32.5; S32.3; Fracture of coccyx; Fracture of ilium; Fracture of acetabulum

• Registration Number: DRKS00012440
• Lead Sponsor: Bundeswehrkrankenhaus UlmKlinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, Septische und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie, Sporttraumatologie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-07-03
• Study Completion: 2019-09-18
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 140

Inclusion Criteria

All patients with the diagnosis of an pelvic and/or acetabular fracture of the Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm in 2013-2015.

Exclusion Criteria

All patientes with fractures before 2013 that received a removal of osteosynthesis material in 2013-2015 and who therefore are listed with the diagnosis of a pelvic and/or acetabular fracture.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Is there a significant gain of further information about bone and/or soft tissue damage in MRI compared to CT/X-Ray in patients with pelvic and/or acetabular fracture? Retrospective data collection from patients of the Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm in 2013-2015. Analysis via Excel (contingency tables, graphics).<br><br>The aim is to show what kind of patients received a MRI and further to examine if these patients took advantage oder those without MRI (measured by parameters like the gain of information in MRI after CT/X-Ray, consecutive change of therapy, length of hospital stay and outcome). From these results it might be possible to deduce an algorithm for diagnostics in patients with pelvic/acetabular fracture in daily routine.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Are there different modes of therapy in patients with pelvic ad/or acetabular fracture with MRI compaired to those without (only CT/X-Ray)?<br><br>Do the two groups (with vs. without MRI) differ in their post-clinical outcome?<br><br>Data collection and analysis are also carried out via Excel.<br>