A 4-Anchor Construct With Internal Bracing Technique for Surgical Treatment of Perilunate Dislocations

Bryan D Brown,MD

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Perilunate Dislocation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07068893

25.007.01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the research study is to determine the overall clinical and radiographic outcome differences between internal brace technique and the gold standard Kirschner wires (K-wire) technique for treatment of perilunate dislocations (e.g. nonunion, reoperation, infection, fixation failure, etc.). A secondary purpose is to determine the specific types of complications and their incidence rates with respect to internal brace technique and the gold standard Kirschner wires (K-wire) technique (e.g. range of motion losses, pain, numbness, weakness, etc).

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 88 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Skeletally mature patients who have undergone surgical fixation of perilunate dislocation

Exclusion criteria

• Perilunate dislocations with concomitant carpal fracture(s)
• Pediatric patients (Age < 18 years-old)
• Patients whose age is greater than or equal to 89 years
• History of previous perilunate dislocation on ipsilateral side

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients who undergo traditional fixation

Patients who undergo fixation using a novel 4-anchor construct with internal bracing