Evaluating Validity of Ultrasonography in Determining Distal Radius Fracture Reduction

NCT ID: NCT01823692

Last Updated: 2013-04-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 184 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2011-09-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether ultrasonography guidance compare with the simple radiography aids in determining the adequacy of distal radius fracture reduction.

Detailed Description

Distal radius fracture is one of the most common causes for visiting the emergency department. Nowadays, simple radiography is used as a control standard for evaluating reduction of distal radius fractures. The disadvantages include time wasting, frequent x-ray exposures and use of more sedation in determining adequate reduction, made scientists to evaluate alternative method such as ultrasonography which fast, easy and less dangerous were considered as advantages. The investigators goal was to identify whether ultrasonography guidance compare with the simple radiography aids in determining the adequacy of distal radius fracture reduction.

Conditions

Distal Radius Fracture

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Distal Radius Fracture

after manipulation and reduction were performed by single emergency medicine specialist under Bier block regional anesthesia or procedural sedation-analgesia, The ultrasonography was performed by the single emergency department physician in a long axis both in a anterioposterior and lateral views in determining whether the distal and proximal distal to a fracture was in a straight line (less than 3 mm difference) or not?

Group Type: OTHER

ultrasonography

Intervention Type: OTHER

after manipulation and reduction were performed by single emergency medicine specialist under Bier block regional anesthesia or procedural sedation-analgesia, The ultrasonography was performed by the single emergency department physician in a long axis both in a anterioposterior and lateral views in determining whether the distal and proximal distal to a fracture was in a straight line (less than 3 mm difference) or not?

Interventions

ultrasonography

after manipulation and reduction were performed by single emergency medicine specialist under Bier block regional anesthesia or procedural sedation-analgesia, The ultrasonography was performed by the single emergency department physician in a long axis both in a anterioposterior and lateral views in determining whether the distal and proximal distal to a fracture was in a straight line (less than 3 mm difference) or not?

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• > 21 years old and a diagnosing of a distal radius fracture based on simple radiography.

Exclusion Criteria

• Open fractures
• more than 20 degree angulation
• joint internal involvement, communicated and along with Neurovascular compromised fractures
• patient's surgery due to other causes
• need to stay in the ICU and not being able to be treated at the same time for distal radius fracture
• patient's refusal to participate in the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Hamidreza Shemshaki

MD, Research Assistant

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Hamidreza Shemshaki, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Locations

Al-Zahra University Hospital

Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Countries

Iran

Other Identifiers

ASD-1213-75

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id