The Use Of Growing Rods In Pediatric Long Bones Deformity Correction

Sohag University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Deformity of Limb

Treatments: Procedure: operative deformity correction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05251961

pediatric deformity correction

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate the value of growing rods for the correction of long bone deformities in pediatric cases attending Sohag University Hospital and follow up aiming at determining benefits and obstacles to this technique

Full description

• The participants will be subjected to surgical correction using growing rods as a novel technique for their long bone deformities.
• Procedure will be done under anaesethia
• Osteotomy , fracture reduction , deformity correction will be done , then introduction of the growing rod

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cases of osteogenesis imperfecta
• metabolic bone deformities
• cases of hemimelia
• traumatic bone deformities
• complex or simple deformities

Exclusion criteria

• adult deformities
• short bone deformities
• very narrow medulla
• osteopetrosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind