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Management of Displaced Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus Using Lateral vs. Crossed K-wires

NCT00358787 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2018-01-10

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Summary

Completely displaced (Type III) supracondylar fractures of the humerus are treated in the operating room and are held together with pins stuck into the bone. There are two ways of inserting the pins: crossed and laterally. The crossed method is often used because it is thought to be more stable, but this method also carries a risk of hitting the ulnar nerve. It is not known which method is more stable. Our hypothesis is that loss of reduction will be equivalent between the two pinning methods.

Conditions

  • Humeral Fractures

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Crossed K-wiring of supracondylar fracture of the humerus

Closed reduction of the fracture followed by crossed K wire percutaneous pinning.

PROCEDURE

Lateral K-wiring of supracondylar fracture of the humerus

Closed reduction of the fracture followed by lateral K wire percutaneous pinning.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kishore Mulpuri, MD · The University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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