Clinical Outcome of Implant Removal Versus Retention After Posterior Fixation of Thoracolumbar Fractures

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Thoracolumbar

Treatments: Procedure: Metal removal

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04597567

Metal removal

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparing clinical outcome between patients who underwent metal removal and those who retained the metal

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18-60 years
• Posterior fixation
• Six to nine months after fixation
• Neurologically free patient
• Fracture consolidation detected by ct
• Types A3&A4 fractures

Exclusion criteria

• unstable fractures B&C
• pathological fractures
• multilevel fractures
• poly trauma patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Metal removal

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Metal removal

Metal retention

No Intervention group