Transitional Ankle Fracture Management Using a New Joystick Technique

The Fuzhou No 2 Hospital

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Tibial Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: Arthrography-assisted joystick technology.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05012449

Shunyou

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the feasibility and short-term clinical efficacy of the arthrography-assisted joystick technique for the treatment of adolescent transitional ankle fracture.

Full description

Adolescent transitional ankle fracture who were treated with the arthrography-assisted joystick technology.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. X-ray or computed tomography (CT) diagnosis of adolescent transitional ankle fracture.
2. After manual reduction, the displacement of both ends of the epiphyseal plate or articular surface fracture in any direction was still > 2 mm; the arthrography-assisted joystick technique was used for treatment.

Exclusion criteria

1. Bilateral fracture.
2. In association with epiphyseal dysplasia and neuromuscular disease.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Arthrography-assisted joystick technology.

Experimental group

Description:

Adolescent transitional ankle fracture who were treated with the arthrography-assisted joystick technology.

Treatment:

Procedure: Arthrography-assisted joystick technology.

No arthrography-assisted joystick technology.

No Intervention group

Description:

Adolescent transitional ankle fracture who were treated with open or close reduction .