Early Weight Bearing in Distal Femur Fractures

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Distal Femur Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: single plating; Procedure: dual plating

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06806839

Early weight-bearing.

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessment of the effect of double plating and single lateral plating on early weight bearing as a primary outcome and improving union and decreasing complications as secondary outcomes.

Enrollment: 34 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Skeletally mature patients.
• Distal femur fracture type A2, A3, C1, C2 by X-ray (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen classification).
• Injury Severity Score below 15.
• Controlled comorbidities.
• Fresh fractures: within 3 weeks of trauma.

Exclusion criteria

• Distal femur fractures type A1, B, C3 and A2 if there is a medial wedge.
• Open fracture grade 3 Gustilo Anderson Classification.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Dual plating

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will undergo dual plating fixation for distal femur fractures.

Treatment:

Procedure: dual plating

single plating

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will undergo single plate fixation for distal femur fractures.

Treatment:

Procedure: single plating