Prospective Trial on Trochanteric Femur Fractures Treated With or Without a Trochanter Support Plate

St. Olavs Hospital100 enrolled

Overview

Fractures just below the hip often are treated with a so called Gliding Screw and Plate (DHS). Recently a new additional plate called a Trochanter Support Plate (TSP) which attaches to the DHS has become available which is claimed to give extra support to the fracture. In a prospective randomised study we wish to test the hypothesis that the TSP does not give any additional stability to the fracture treated with the DHS.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Femoral Fractures

Interventions

Addition of TSP to DHSPROCEDURE

All patients operated with DHS. Of these two groups. One operated with TSP and one without.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of unstable trochanteric femur fracture.(Evans-Jensen class.3-5) * (can include; Patients with cognitive problems (ie. dementia etc) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with pathological fractures * Multitrauma patients * Patients not able to walk before the fracture * Under 19 years old. * Patients with fractures needing other treatments than gliding hip screws * Reverse oblique fractures.

Locations (1)

Ortopaedic Department, St.Olavs Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Fracture movement postoperatively

Time frame: One year

Secondary Outcomes

Reoperation

Time frame: One year

Pain postoperatively

Time frame: one year

Hip function postoperatively

Time frame: one year

Fracture healing

Time frame: one year

complications postoperatively

Time frame: one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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