3D Printed Made to Measure Splints for Hand Patients

University Hospital Basel

Status

Completed

Conditions

Splints

Treatments

Device: Thermoplastic splints

Device: 3D printed splints

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04306796

2019-00351 ch20Kaempfen;

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and possible benefits of 3D-printed made to measure splints for postoperative or post-traumatic treatment in hand surgical patients (intervention group) in comparison to thermoplastic splints individually adjusted by occupational therapists (control group).

Enrollment

24 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients presenting to the hand surgical department of the University Hospital Basel
Patients with hand trauma w/wo the need for hand surgery or patient with planned elective hand surgical intervention
Indication for immobilization of at least 4 weeks
Older than 18 years
Capable of consent
Informed Consent as documented by signature

Exclusion criteria

Open wounds with tissue loss
Injury with the need for external fixation
Younger than 18 years
Not capable of consent
Asymmetric deformity or loss of the contra-lateral hand
Documented hypersensitivity or allergy to Polylactic acid
Known or suspected non-compliance to agreed treatment measures and/or unexcused nonappearance to hospital appointments
Drug or alcohol abuse
Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant
Previous enrolment into the current study