Lateral Versus Anterior Spanning External Fixator for Tibial Plateau Fractures

University of Missouri (MU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Fractures, Closed

Treatments: Device: Lateral pin placement; Device: Anterior pin placement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00610701

IRB 1059937

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate patients with tibial plateau fractures.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate patients with tibial plateau fractures. The goal is to compare the differences between anteriorly placed (front of leg) femoral external fixator pins and laterally placed (side of leg) femoral external fixator pins.

Specifically, we are evaluating how this placement affects the quadriceps muscle and knee function. The parameters that will be assessed are knee function, pain, and range of motion.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age and above (adult population)
• All open and closed tibial plateau fractures

Exclusion criteria

• 17 years of age and less (pediatric population)
• Quadriplegic patients
• Vascular Injury to Extremity
• Ipsilateral femur fractures
• Ipsilateral Hip fractures

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Anterior pin placement

Experimental group

Description:

Anterior pin placement

Treatment:

Device: Anterior pin placement

Lateral pin placement

Experimental group

Description:

Lateral pin placement

Treatment:

Device: Lateral pin placement