Same Day Discharge Vs. Hospitalization for Operative Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures

Shamir Medical Center (Assaf-Harofeh)

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Distal Radius Fracture Fixation

Treatments: Procedure: early release from hospital; Procedure: Day after surgery release

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07276334

ASF-25-0106

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the results for same-day discharge after distal radius operative fixation in adult pupolation. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Is same day discharge safe and effective for distal radius fractures? Are the functional and patient reported outcome measures results different between same day discharge and hospitalized patients? Researchers will compare same day discharge patients with jospitalized patients to see if there are any differences between the groups

Participants will:

• undergo surgery
• atend outpatient clinical follow up visits
• answer dedicated questioneres

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 120 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged ≥18 years and
• diagnosed with a DRF requiring surgical intervention and
• booked for surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to participate in the study
• lack of follow-up
• incomplete clinical or radiologic documentation
• significant cardiac or pulmonary comorbidities
• inadequate social support at home

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Same-day-discharge

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: early release from hospital

Hospitalized

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Day after surgery release