Post-operative Anemia in Lateral Fractures of the Femur.

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari

Status: Completed

Conditions: Femur Fracture

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: hemoglobin serum value

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05225753

Post-op Anemia

Details and patient eligibility

About

It was conducted a prospective study with a series of 45 patients with lateral fragility fractures of the femur treated by three different intramedullary nails. Patients were randomized in Group A (15 patients treated by Affixus Zimmer-Biomet), Group B (15 patients treated by EBA2 - Citieffe) and Group C (15 patients treated by Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation Synthes).

One independent observer performed seven biochemical evaluations (hemoglobin serum value) from admission to patient discharge. Surgical time and Blood transfusions number were reported for each partecipant.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• femur fractures type 31-A1, A2, A3 (Muller ME, Nazarian S, Kock P et al.);
• age more than 65 years;

Exclusion criteria

• patients with neurological diseases;
• finding of anemia before surgery;

Trial design

45 participants in 3 patient groups

patients treated with Affixus Zimmer-Biomet

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: hemoglobin serum value

patients treated with EBA2 Citieffe

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: hemoglobin serum value

patients treated with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation Synthes

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: hemoglobin serum value