Clavicular Shortening Post-fracture - Does it Change? - a Prospective Study of 70 Patients

Holbaek Sygehus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stability of Clavicular Fractures Within the First 3 Weeks

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02089282

SJ-369

Details and patient eligibility

About

In an attempt to answer if clavicular length changes after a fracture e.g. that any shortening becomes worse or better, 70 patients will be followed 3 times over 21 days using a novel ultrasound method.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients who sustain a displaced medial, mid and lateral clavicle fracture from March 2014 to August 2015 referred from Slagelse and Holbæk emergency departments are eligible. The last patients are seen end of mid-July 2015 given the 21 days of follow up.

Exclusion criteria

Patients that have bilateral clavicle fractures and/or prior operations involving the clavicle are excluded. Malignant diagnoses are excluded.

Trial design

70 participants in 1 patient group

Clavicle fractures

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound