Percutaneous Kirschner Wires With Mutual Linking Technique in the Management of Proximal Humeral Fracture
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Functional outcome
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This is study evaluates a novel technique to improve the stability of K-wires used in the fixation of proximal humeral fractures
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 60 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •both sexes
- •Age from 60 to80 years
- •2 or 3 parts fracture
- •recent injury less than 3 weeks
Exclusion Criteria
- •4 parts fracture
- •old injury more than 3 weeks
- •previous surgeries or pathologies affecting shoulder range of motion
Arms & Interventions
Elderly patients with proximal humeral fractures Neer type 2 and 3
Both sexes, age from 60 to 80
Intervention: Closed reduction and fixation by K- wires (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Functional outcome
Time Frame: One year
Shoulder functional status using the American shoulder and elbow surgeons score (ASES) range from 0 to100, 0 being the worst and 100 being the best
Radiological outcome
Time Frame: 8 weeks
The percentage of patients achieving union of the fracture assesed by plain X-ray shoulder anteroposterior and lateral views.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Tony Maher
Lecturer of orthopedic surgery
Ain Shams University
