Trial to re-evaluate ultrasound in the treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST)

Completed

• Conditions: Tibial shaft fractures; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

• Registration Number: ISRCTN98682811
• Lead Sponsor: McMaster University (Canada)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men or women age over 18 years
2. Fracture of the tibial shaft with complete anterioposterior and lateral radiographs
3. Closed or grade I open tibial shaft fracture amenable to non-operative treatment (less than 1.5 cm of shortening, axially stable transverse fractures, spiral oblique of comminuted fractures with less than 12 mm of initial shortening; angulations less than 5° initially; less than 50% displacement)
4. Provision of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. State that they cannot comply with the study protocol
2. Have pathological fractures or fractures that are to be treated operatively (comminuted fractures; unstable fracture patterns; tibial shaft shortening greater than 1.5 cm)
3. Likely problems, in the judgment of the investigators, with maintaining follow-up (such as no fixed address, plan to move out of town in the next year)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified