Pinloc Versus Hansson Pins in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures.

Torsten Johansson

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Femoral Neck Fractures

Treatments: Device: Pinloc; Device: Hansson Pins (LIH)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02776631

Pinloc study

Details and patient eligibility

About

A prospective randomized study comparing a new implant with three interlocked pins for internal fixation of femoral neck fractures (Hansson Pinloc System, Swemac Linköping, Sweden) versus 2 parallel pins with hooks (Hansson Pins, Swemac Linköping, Sweden).

Full description

Patients, who are to be treated with internal fixation due to a femoral neck fracture, will be randomized by the surgeon to Pinloc or Hansson Pins using an on-line randomization system.

The patients will be followed up at open visits at 3 months and 1 year. At two years the patients will be contacted by phone and medical records studied in order to detect any fracture complications.

Enrollment: 537 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Femoral neck fractures where the preferred treatment is internal fixation.

Exclusion criteria

• Unwilling to participate.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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537 participants in 2 patient groups

Pinloc

Experimental group

Description:

Plate and 3 interlocked pins. A new device for fixation of femoral neck fractures.

Treatment:

Device: Pinloc

LIH (Hansson pins)

Active Comparator group

Description:

2 pins. An established method for fixation of femoral neck fractures.

Treatment:

Device: Hansson Pins (LIH)