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Volar Plating or External Fixation of Dorsally Displaced Fractures of the Distal Radius?

NCT00989222 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2009-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Promising results have been reported after volar locked plating of unstable dorsally displaced fractures of the distal radius. It offers stable fixation and early mobilization. The investigators' aim is to test if volar locked plating results in better patient-perceived, objective functional and radiological outcomes compared to the less invasive external fixation that has been the standard operation for decades.

Conditions

  • Radius Fractures

Interventions

PROCEDURE

closed reduction and external fixation

Fixation of an unstable dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius with bridging external fixation

PROCEDURE

Internal fixation with a volar locked plate

Open reduction and fixation of a unstable dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius with a volar locked plate

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Danderyd Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gustaf Neander, MD, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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