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Arch Bars vs. IMF (Intermaxillary Fixation) Screws: Cost Effectiveness Based on Time Duration of Device Placement.

NCT01876979 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2017-06-28

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Summary

Determining the cost effectiveness, based on the time duration of application, of two methods of wiring the jaws together during surgery to repair mandible fractures. One technique is more expensive but faster in application, while the other is less expensive and takes more time to apply.

Conditions

  • Mandible Fracture

Interventions

DEVICE

IMF Screws

stainless steel screws placed in bone

DEVICE

Erich Arch Bars

Surgical braces wired around teeth

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Christiana Care Health Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Meara, MD · Christiana Care Health Services

  • Daniel J Meara, MS, MD, DMD · Christiana Care Health Services

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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