Optimal Index for Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures

NCT ID: NCT05425758

Last Updated: 2022-06-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-11-30

Brief Summary

This is a prospective radiographic study of displaced distal forearm fractures requiring manipulation for children 3-12 years of age and will be treated with casting.The patients' full radiographic series (including the pre-manipulation, immediate post-manipulation, after 1 week and after 4 weeks radiographs) will be evaluated.

Conditions

Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures

Study Design

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

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Males or females 3 to 12 years old.

2. Any presentation of displaced distal forearm fractures requiring manipulation and will be treated with casting.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children with compound fractures (those with unacceptable initial reduction, fracture dislocations, and fractures with physeal separation) will be excluded from the study, as those will be treated with Kirschner wires.

2. Children whose casts is split will be excluded.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Sohag University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Meena Mikhael Rizk

Principal Investigator of orthopedic surgery

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

Soh-Med-22-05-07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id