Exposed Versus Buried Intramedullary K-wires for Pediatric Forearm Fractures

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Forearm Fracture

Treatments: Device: exposed intramedullary K-wire; Device: buried intramedullary K-wire

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03906929

fixation of forearm fracture

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparing the rate of complications between buried and exposed intramedullary implants after fixation of pediatric forearm fractures.

Full description

comparison between buried and exposed intramedullary k-wire in fixation of pediatric forearm fracture in rate of complications such as infection,malunion,nonunion and refracture.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age: less than 10 years .
2. Diaphyseal forearm fracture.
3. closed fracture.
4. isolated or combined fracture of forearm.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient age: more than 10 years old . 2-open fracture. 3- pathological fracture. 4-patient with medical history (immune compromized patient e.g D.M, cancer on chemotherapy and aplastic anemia).

5- neurovascular injury.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Pediatric forearm fracture fixed by buried or exposed intamedullary implant

Experimental group

Description:

compare complication of buried or exposed intamedullary implant

Treatment:

Device: buried intramedullary K-wire

Device: exposed intramedullary K-wire