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A Prospective Randomised Multicenter Study Comparing the Sliding Hip Screw and the Intertan Nail in Trochanteric and Subtrochanteric Femoral Fractures

NCT00621088 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2010-09-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a study to compare the new nail "INTERTAN" with a Sliding Hip Screw in treating a specific group of hipfractures (trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures).

Are there differences in terms of pain, early and late functional mobility and complications between the to implants (and methods of operation)?

Conditions

  • Trochanteric and Subtrochanteric Hip Fractures
  • Treatment With a New Nail or a Sliding Hip Screw

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Intertan

Operations performed either with a Sliding Hip Screw or a nail (Intertan)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Haukeland University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kjell Matre, MD · Orthopaedic Department, Haukeland University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2009-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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