Dislocated Stable Distal Both-Bone Forearm Fractures in Children

Colaris, Joost, M.D.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Treatment; Child; Forearm; Fracture; Distal

Treatments: Procedure: Kirschner-wires or not

Study type: Interventional

Identifiers

NCT00397852

colaris05

Details and patient eligibility

About

We create a randomized clinical trial between treatment with and without Kirschner wire fixation of a stable dislocated distal both-bone forearm fracture.

Full description

children who arrive at the emergency unit with a dislocated both-bone distal forearm fracture will be asked to join the trial.

After informed consent, a randomization between 2 kinds of treatment will be done: K-wire fixation or no K-wire fixation of the fracture after a stable reposition.

Outpatient clinic visits till a follow-up of 6 months. During these visits we will investigate: the number of re-dislocations, re-operations, consolidation and dislocation on X-ray, function of both arms, complains in daily living and complications.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• both-bone forearm fracture
• distal
• dislocated
• stable after reposition
• age < 16 years

Exclusion criteria

• fracture older than 1 week
• no informed consent
• refracture
• open fracture (Gustillo 2 and 3)
• both fractures of type torus

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)