Contribution of Stereography (EOS Imaging System) in the Quantification of Femoral Shaft Fractures.

University Hospital, Grenoble40 enrolled

Overview

This observational study is a collection of clinical and imaging data of patients with a femoral shaft fracture treated by nails. The aim of this research is the contribution of the EOS imaging system in the quantification of malunions.

The study is based on the collection of clinical and imaging data (using EOS imaging system) necessary for the follow-up of patients who have benefited, most often in the emergency, of a centromedullary nailing of the femoral shaft. The study does not lead to any further examination for the patient since they are followed until the removal of the material, which usually takes place 24 months after the fracture episode. This observational and pilot study is monocentric, prospective on a continuous series of 40 patients.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Femoral Shaft Fracture

Interventions

Centromedullary nailingPROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged at least 16 years (parental agreement signed for minors) or adults at the time of data collection * Patients with a femoral shaft fractures since january 2014 * Patients with a post-nailing femoral shaft fracture * Patients with unilateral fracture * Patients with regional origin allowing a follow-up in Grenoble center Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who refuse to sign a non-objective form * Patients with femoral shaft fracture untreted with nails

Locations (1)

Orthopedic and Trauma Department, University Hospital, Grenoble Alpes

Grenoble, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quantitative evaluation of rotational disturbances

Rotation disorder (degree angle), measured in a standardized and comparative way compared to the healthy side, by the EOS © software.

Time frame: 24 months

Secondary Outcomes

Correlation of the rotation disorder with the clinical condition of the patient.

Rotation disorder (angle in degree).

Time frame: 24 months

Quantitative evaluation of the shortening or the lengthening of the operated limb (cranio-caudal plane).

Shortening or lengthening of the entire operative limb and of the femur alone (measured in mm), recorded in a standardized and comparative way compared to the healthy side, by the EOS © software

Time frame: 24 months

Correlation of shortening or limb lengthening with the clinical condition of the patient.

Shortening or lengthening of limb (measured in mm).

Time frame: 24 months

Quantitative evaluation of the varus-valgus (lateral-medial plane).

Varus-valgus (angle in degree), taken standardized and comparative way compared to the healthy side, by the EOS © software.

Time frame: 24 months

Correlation of the varus-valgus with the clinical condition of the patient

Varus-valgus (angle in degree).

Time frame: 24 months

Quantitative evaluation of the flessum-recurvatum

Flessum-recurvatum (angle in degree), measured in standardized and comparative way compared to the healthy side, by the EOS © software.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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