The Impact of Clavicular Length Restoration in the Treatment of Non-unions of Clavicular Midshaft and Lateral Fractures

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Clavicular Length

Treatments: Other: Follow- up (FU) assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03816436

2018-00120 ch19Mueller;

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluating the impact of plate treatment and cortical bone grafting of clavicular midshaft and lateral non- unions on restoration of clavicular length and bony healing and its association with functional outcome.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clavicular midshaft and lateral non- union treated by plate and iliac crest bone grafting
• minimal follow- up of two years after surgery
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• legal incompetence
• non- union of pathologic fractures
• current pregnancy
• German language barrier to complete questionnaires

Trial design

46 participants in 1 patient group

Follow- up (FU) assessment on clavicular non- union

Description:

clavicular midshaft and lateral non- union treated by plate and iliac crest bone grafting

Treatment:

Other: Follow- up (FU) assessment