Pronator Quadratus Preservation Following Volar Plate Fixation. RCT (PROQUAP)

Universidad de La Frontera

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Surgery; Wrist Fracture,; Distal Radius Fracture; Volar Plate; Pronator Quadratus

Treatments: Procedure: Pronator quadratus repair after volar plate fixation in wrist fractures; Procedure: Pronator quadratus nonrepair after volar plate fixation in wrist fractures; Procedure: Pronator quadratus preservation after volar plate fixation in wrist fractures

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02114840

PQP-9CH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine pronator quadrutus preservation have clinical impact following volar plate fixation

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fractures of distal radius with instability (Aofoundation.org)
• Age between 15-75 años
• Informed consent approval for ethical comitte

Exclusion criteria

• Previos surgery of the hand, wrist or forearm
• Inflammatory arthropathy
• Carpal tunel syndrome
• Sensory or mixed neuropathy
• Bilater wrist fracture
• Functional deficits of ipsilateral extremity
• Functional deficits of contralateral extremity
• Complications after surgery with motor deficit
• Disease that can evolve with neuropathy during study time

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

Pronator quadratus preservation

Experimental group

Description:

Pronator quadratus preservation

Treatment:

Procedure: Pronator quadratus preservation after volar plate fixation in wrist fractures

Pronator quadratus non repair

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Pronator quadratus nonrepair after volar plate fixation in wrist fractures

Pronator quadratus repair after disruption

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Pronator quadratus repair after volar plate fixation in wrist fractures