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A Prospective Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Reaming in Reducing Fat Emboli to the Lungs

NCT00327158 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2010-01-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to see if there is a difference in the amount of fat droplets reaching the heart during surgery between the standard reamer currently used and a new reamer system which is expected to reduce the fat going into the blood, via an intraoperative echocardiography done through the food pipe.

Conditions

  • Diaphyseal Femur Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Transesophageal transducer

One time use of reamer during surgery

PROCEDURE

echocardiography

takes photos of right atrium during the reaming processes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Kentucky

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William Rosenblum, MD · University of Kentucky, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Jeffrey Selby, MD · University of Kentucky Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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