Operative Versus Conservative Treatment of Scaphoid Fractures

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Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Scaphoid Fracture

Treatments: Device: Scaphoid screw

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00205985

03-scaph-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the time to return to previous activity

level between operative treatment and non-operative cast immobilization of

patients with an acute complete fracture of the middle part of the scaphoid,

without any dislocation or comminution visible CT-scan.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mature skeleton
• Isolated, acute complete fracture of the mid third of the scaphoid

Exclusion criteria

• acute fractures of both hands
• one hand missing
• other injuries than scaphoid fractures
• rheumatoid, osteoarthritis or polyarthritis
• previous soft tissue injuries of the hand
• drug or alcohol abuse
• participant in trial during the previous month

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)