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Below-elbow or Above-elbow Cast for Extra-articular Distal Radius Fractures

NCT04062110 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2019-08-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this prospective randomised study was to shed more light on the issue by comparing the capacity of long plaster casts (above-elbow, LC) and short plaster casts (below-elbow, SC) to maintain the reduction of extra-articular distal radius fractures with dorsal displacement (2R3A2.2, according to the AO/OTA classification). The initial hypothesis was that the short cast would be equally as effective as the long cast in treating this type of fracture. The secondary objective of the study was to determine whether or not there is a direct correlation between radiological parameters and functional outcomes in such patients.

Conditions

  • Radius Fractures

Interventions

DEVICE

plaster cast

Closed Reduction of Fracture and Application of Plaster Cast

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital of Ferrara

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gaetano Caruso, MD · Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-01
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2019-05-15

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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