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Pediatric Femur Research Project

NCT00943332 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2019-04-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Current treatment protocol for pediatric femoral shaft fractures is immediate spica casting for patients 6 years and younger and for patients over 6 years and older is percutaneous or open placement of titanium elastic intramedullary nails. The investigators would like to evaluate the current treatment protocol by comparing those patients 6 years and younger treated with closed reduction and spica casting to those 6 years and younger treated with percutaneous pinned with titanium elastic intramedullary nails or submuscular plating. The investigators will be comparing their post-operative functional level, pain management, impact on family and complications through chart and x-ray reviews. The goal is to improve patient care pre and post-operatively for those who have sustained a femoral shaft fracture 6 years old and younger and increase the knowledge of those residents/physicians who care for this patient population.

Conditions

  • Femur Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

femur fracture repair

all participants will have undergone surgical intervention to repair a femur fracture, the investigators will simply be collecting data after the procedure; participants will not be consented until after the procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Missouri-Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

    collaborator OTHER

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • J. Eric Gordon, MD · Washington Univeristy

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2018-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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