Pelvic Fractures in the Elderly (PelvFx)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pelvic Fracture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03476824

2017-01859 ch18Ramser;

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the project is to predict the patient under conservative therapy as a function of the patient Classification of Rommens and Hofmann and other potential prognostic factors. A corresponding prognostic score may be used in the future by patients and attending physicians support joint decision between surgical and conservative treatment.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pelvic fracture after low-energy trauma
• Treatment in the years 2006 to 2016
• patients equal to or older than 60 years

Exclusion criteria

• Pelvic fracture after a high-energy space
• Pathological fracture in the area of a tumor or a bony metastasis
• Existence of a documented refusal