Evaluation of the Change in Length of the Leg in Children After Treatment of Femur Fractures.

NCT ID: NCT00355420

Last Updated: 2014-03-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2006-10-31

Brief Summary

Femur fractures are a common injury in the Pediatric population. Despite their high incidence little do we know about the long term implications on the bones' length. Our main goal is to clarify this obscure issue by assessing the femoral and tibial length as determined by the fractures, measuring techniques and treatment modalities

Conditions

Fractures

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Males between the ages 0-16.
• Females between the ages 0-14.
• Signed Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• A refusal by the patient or his legal guardian to continue the follow-up with the
• Pediatric Orthopedic clinic, or to have the CT scanograms.
• Patients with severe contractures in the lower extremities
• Patients with multiple lower extremity fractures
• Pregnancy

• Maximum Eligible Age: 16 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hadassah Medical Organization

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Principal Investigators

Ron Lamdan, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hadassah Medical Organization

Shlomo Porat, Prof.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Hadassah Medical Organization

Naum Simanovski, Dr.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Hadassah Medical Organization

Locations

Hadassah Medical Organization

Jerusalem, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Other Identifiers

LLD01-HMO-CTIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id