Surgical Treatment of Low Energy Pelvic Fractures in the Elderly (PelvicRetro)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: Outcome after surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02591043

2015-299

Details and patient eligibility

About

Since May 2010 the Department of Trauma, Basel University Hospital has performed surgical stabilisation of the posterior pelvic ring on 55 patients. These patients have not received a structured follow up examination or evaluation of outcome after surgery.

Full description

Functional outcome of elderly patients with surgical treatment of low energy pelvic ring fractures.

Enrollment: 79 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elderly patients (age ≥55y ears) of any ethnic / sociodemographic background
• Pelvic ring fracture after low energy trauma affecting the posterior ring or both (posterior and anterior ring)
• Surgical stabilisation of the pelvic ring at Basel University Hospital between May 2010 and December 2014
• Ambulatory before surgery
• Informed consent for study participation by the patient or legal representatives

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal of consent by the patient or legal representatives to participate in the study
• Fractures within the last 3 months before follow-up
• Suspicion of a pathological fracture in the context of known or unknown malignancy
• Symptomatic low back pain with morphological changes, i.e. intervertebral disc displacement, neoplasm metastasis in the axial skeleton, spinal stenosis, vertebral fracture, spondylarthropathy etc.
• Pre-trauma mobility status that precludes achieving a post-trauma mobility status enabling the patient to perform the timed up and go test (e.g. patient in a wheel chair)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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79 participants in 1 patient group

Follow-up

Other group

Description:

Patients have not received a structured follow up examination or evaluation of outcome after surgery. Therefore this study aims at conducting a follow up examination regarding functional outcome, pain and radiologic healing in these patients.

Treatment:

Procedure: Outcome after surgery