Comparison of Conservative and Operative Treatment of Jones Fracture

University Hospital Ostrava

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fracture of Fifth Metatarsal Bone

Treatments: Procedure: Operational approach; Procedure: Conservative approach

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04037540

FNO-KUCH-01-Jones

CZ.02.1.01/00/00/17_049/00084 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study deals with the topic of treatment of Jones fracture, comparing surgical and conservative approach. The fracture occurs especially in highly active individuals.

Full description

The study deals with the topic of treatment of Jones fracture, comparing surgical and conservative approach. The fracture occurs especially in highly active individuals.

The study proposes a supposition of recommending the active operational approach, which shortens the period of healing by 6 weeks, limitation of physical activity by 4 weeks, and sick leave by 2 months. It also completely eliminates the need to perform a rigid fixation of the extremity for 8-12 weeks.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Jones fracture

Exclusion criteria

• combined injury
• recurring injury
• diabetes mellitus
• chronic renal insufficiency
• osteopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

Operational approach

Experimental group

Description:

The patients enrolled in this arm underwent surgical treatment of the Jones fracture.

Treatment:

Procedure: Operational approach

Conservative approach

Experimental group

Description:

The patients enrolled in this arm were treated conservatively, using fixation of the injured extremity.

Treatment:

Procedure: Conservative approach