Time to debridement in high velocity lower limb fractures and its effect on union rates and infections: A prospective cohort study
- Conditions
- Debridement in open fractures
- Registration Number
- DRKS00015186
- Lead Sponsor
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 254
Inclusion Criteria
All adult, skeletally mature (as seen on radiographs) patients with grade 3 open fractures of the femur, tibia, or fibula, including intra-articular fractures, who provided informed and photographic consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who had fractures involving the face, trunk, upper limb, spine, pelvis, patella, or foot; who underwent primary debridement elsewhere; who had unsalvageable limbs requiring urgent amputation and those who were unwilling to participate in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fractures which have not united and compare between both study groups.<br>To evaluate fractures which have not united at the end of 9 months clinically (by examination for abnormal mobility, tenderness at the fracture site and inability to stand on 1 leg) and radiologically (presence of atleast 3 out of 4 healed bony cortices).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To evaluate infection rates at the end of 9 months following surgery.<br>2. Patient quality of life (functional scores SF-36 and SMFA) compared between both groups.