Percutaneous Pinning Versus Plate and Screws for Surgical Fixation of Proximal Humeral Fractures

University of Turin

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Proximal Humeral Fractures

Treatments: Device: Proximal humeral fracture fixation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06354894

133/2020/U (Registry Identifier)

MACOXS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this multicenter nonrandomised study is to prospectively compare the clinical and radiographic results of two different techniques of surgical fixation of proximal humeral fractures: percutaneous pinning versus plate and screws.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > 18 year old
• proximal humeral fracture
• both X-rays and CT scan available

Exclusion criteria

• dementia
• psychiatric disease

Trial design

120 participants in 1 patient group

Patients affected by proximal humeral fracture

Treatment:

Device: Proximal humeral fracture fixation