Volume CT of the Wrist and Carpus After Trauma

Radboud University Medical Center100 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether standard volume computed tomography (CT) has impact on treatment in patients with suspicion of fractures of the wrist and carpus.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries Wrist Injuries

Interventions

Volume Computed Tomography of the wrist and carpusRADIATION

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients (18 years and older) who are referred to our hospital for conventional radiography of the wrist and carpus * Recent trauma mechanism (within 3 days before presentation) * Clinical suspicion of fractures of the wrist and carpus. The carpus includes all carpal bones, but does not include the metacarpal bones. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who were not evaluated by a clinician before imaging was performed. * Open fractures * No informed consent or no prospective data collection could be obtained. Informed consent cannot be obtained in case patients do not speak or understand Dutch. * Patients who cannot be positioned in upright position, immobilized on a spine board or transferred to the intensive care unit and cannot undergo upright CT

Locations (1)

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Proportion of patients with prospectively documented treatment changes after CT

This endpoint is defined as presence of difference in predefined treatment regimens before and after CT. These regimens include: -Conservative treatment on the emergency ward (functional, immobilization with bandage, cast, or closed reduction and cast), closed operative treatment (reduction and cast on operation room, percutaneous pinning, or external fixation), open surgical treatment (dorsal, radial, or palmar exposure with reduction and internal fixation). Additional regimens include: Second opinion from a colleague or consulting a different specialism.

Time frame: within same visit (i.e. in one day)

Secondary Outcomes

Diagnostic performance of CT and conventional radiography (CR) for fracture pattern

Fracture patterns are classified according to presence and type of fractured bones, presence of intra-articular components of distal radius fractures (including sigmoid notch involvement), presence of (fracture) dislocation or avulsion fractures of carpal bones. Standard of reference is presence of injuries at imaging, at surgery, and disability complains at 1-year follow up. In case of discrepancy, consensus will be reached at the end of the study by a panel of trauma surgeons and radiologists.

Time frame: within the same visit (one day)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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