Treatment of Stable Both-Bone Midshaft Forearm Fractures in Children

Colaris, Joost, M.D.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Treatment; Child; Forearm; Fracture; Midshaft

Treatments: Device: above or below elbow cast for the last 3 weeks of treatment

Study type: Interventional

Identifiers

NCT00398242

Colaris03

Details and patient eligibility

About

We create a randomized clinical trial between the treatment with above elbow armcast alone and the treatment of above elbow in combination with a short arm cast for stable midshaft both-bone forearm fractures.

Full description

children who arrive at the emergency unit with a stable both-bone midshaft forearm fracture will be asked to join the trial.

If the fracture will be stable during reposition in the operating room, a randomization between 2 kinds of plaster treatment will be done.

Outpatient clinic visits till a follow-up of 6 months. During these visits we will investigate: consolidation and dislocation on X-ray, function of both arms, complains in daily living and complications.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• both-bone forearm fracture
• age < 16 years
• dislocation
• stable

Exclusion criteria

• fracture older than 1 week
• no informed consent
• refracture
• open fracture (Gustillo 2 and 3)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind