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Volar Locked Plating for Distal Radius Fractures: Should the Pronator Quadratus Be Spared?

NCT06972550 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2025-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Volar locked plates for the distal radius fractures (DRFs) are applied through the Henry approach and it's modification, this approach entails a routine step to disinsert the pronator quadratus from it's radial and distal attachment. This muscle insertion is mostly fleshy with minimal tendinous tissue and surgeons find it difficult to reattach at the end of the surgery, the hardware come in direct contact with the flexor tendons.

Conditions

  • Distal Radius Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

pronator quadratus sparing

the pronator quadratus was spared when doing orif and the plare was slided beneath it

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kasr El Aini Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-01
Primary Completion
2024-06-01
Completion
2024-12-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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