Undislocated Distal Both-Bone Forearm Fractures in Children

Colaris, Joost, M.D.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Treatment; Child; Forearm; Fracture; Distal

Treatments: Procedure: above- or under elbow cast

Study type: Interventional

Identifiers

NCT00397995

Colaris04

Details and patient eligibility

About

We create a randomized clinical trial between above- and below elbow cast to find out what kind of treatment is optimal for undislocated both-bone distal forearm fractures.

Full description

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

After informed consent, a randomization between 2 kinds of cast 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
• distal
• undislocated
• age < 16 years

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)