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Short Segment vs Long Segment Fixation in Traumatic Dorsolumbar Spine Fractures

NCT03272243 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 91

Last updated 2017-09-06

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Summary

A prospective study included 91 patients, who had single level thoracolumbar fracture with Cobb's angle ≤ 25⁰, underwent posterior fixation. Forty four patients underwent short segment fixation with screws into the index level, and 47 patients underwent long segment fixation with skipped index level. The angle of correction, pain, and neurological state were regularly assessed

Conditions

  • SPINAL Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

short segment posterior spine fixation

PROCEDURE

long segment posterior spine fixation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ain Shams University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Walid A Abdel Ghany, M.D., Ph.D · Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-01
Primary Completion
2016-02-28
Completion
2016-11-30

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