Treatment of Displaced Medial Epicondyle Fractures In Children
ConditionFractures, Bone
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-16
SponsorAssiut University
About this trial
Compare the outcome of the operative and non-operative treatment; for fractures of the medial epicondyle of humerus in children as regards union, alignment and complications.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients Age < 16 years presenting with a ≥2 mm displaced non-incarcerated medial epicondyle fracture with or without concomitant elbow dislocation and normal ulnar nerve function.
Acute fractures were defined as less than7 days between the date of injury and initiation of treatment
Disqualifiers
systemic bone disease
concomitant fracture or injury of the same upper limb requiring operative intervention
Open fractures, incarceration of the fragment inside the joint or ulnar nerve dysfunction require surgery
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
operative
Procedure/Surgeryopen reduction : fixation by k-wires or screws
non-operative
Procedure/Surgeryclose reduction : by cast Immobilization
Treatment groups
52 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: operative groupActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: non operative groupActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
The disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (QuickDASH) score
QuickDASH uses 11 items to measure physical function and symptoms in people with any or multiple musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb.
Time frame
baselineLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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