Headless Screw Fixation for Metacarpal Fractures in Adults.

Sohag University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Metacarpal Fractures in Adults

Treatments: Procedure: intramedullary screw fixation of metacarpal fractures

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06543485

soh-med-24-07-13MS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to evaluate results of intramedullary screw fixation of metacarpal fractures while summarizing the pearls and pitfalls to maximize successful surgical outcomes in adults, Metacarpal fractures are third most common upper extremity fractures, Intramedullary screw Fixation is a fixation option that offers rigid stability, early active range of motion, and simplicity of insertion,

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients.
• Metacarpal shaft fractures.
• Simple fractures.
• Recent fractures within 1-2 weeks.
• Isolated metacarpal fractures.

Exclusion criteria

• Pediatric fractures with open physis.
• Head-splitting fractures and Metacarpal basal fractures.
• Compound fracture increasing risk of infection.
• medical illness or mental disorders affecting the follow-up examination.
• Association with other fractures fixed by methods that limit early range of motion.
• pathologic fractures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

adults with metacarpal fractures

Experimental group

Description:

intramedullary screw fixation of metacarpal fractures

Treatment:

Procedure: intramedullary screw fixation of metacarpal fractures