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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON36547
NL-OMON36547
Completed
Not Applicable

A hinged external fixator for complex elbow dislocations: A prospective cohort study - Elbow fixator

Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam0 sites30 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
30

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 to 99 (—)

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients meeting the following inclusion criteria are eligible for enrolment:
  • 1\. Men or women aged 18 years and older (with no upper age limit)
  • 2\. Patient with a complex elbow dislocation (i.e., dislocation of the elbow joint, combined with at least a fracture of the radial head, coronoid process, or olecranon)
  • 3\. Patient was treated with a hinged external fixator after ORIF and/or arthroplasty due to persistent instability
  • 4\. Provision of informed consent by patient

Exclusion Criteria

  • If any of the following criteria applies, patients will be excluded:
  • 1\. Patients with distal intra\-articular humeral fractures
  • 2\. Patients with additional traumatic injuries of the affected upper limb
  • 3\. Patients who underwent repair of the collateral ligaments
  • 4\. Patients with an impaired elbow function (i.e., stiff or painful elbow or neurological disorder of the upper limb) prior to the injury
  • 5\. Retained hardware around the affected elbow
  • 6\. Likely problems, in the judgment of the investigators, with maintaining follow\-up (e.g., patients with no fixed address will be excluded)
  • 7\. Insufficient comprehension of the Dutch language to understand the rehabilitation program and other treatment information in the judgment of the attending physician
  • Exclusion of a patient because of enrolment in another ongoing drug or surgical intervention trial will be left to the discretion of the attending surgeon, on a case\-by\-case basis

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