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Intramedullary Nailing of the Femur:Trochanteric vs Piriformis Starting Portals

NCT00593333 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2017-06-05

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Summary

This project is designed to determine whether or not the trochanteric insertion portal will show any difference when compared with the piriformis fossa portal in terms of pain and strength of the hip abductor muscles, while allowing faster surgical fixation of the femur fracture.

Conditions

  • Femur Fracture

Interventions

DEVICE

Antegrade Intramedullary Nail

Use of an antegrade intramedullary nail implanted through the Piriformis fossa of the femur. The use of these nails has yielded a union rate of 97 - 99%, and has clearly become the most commonly utilized implant for femur fractures.

DEVICE

Trigen Trochanteric Femoral Nail

Antegrade intramedullary nails developed with a proximal lateral bend that allows implantation through the greater trochanter rather than the piriformis fossa. This start portal is remarkably easier to locate and may be associated with decreased risk of abductor muscle weakness and pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Smith & Nephew, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David A Volgas, MD · The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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