Volume CT of the Wrist and Carpus After Trauma (VuisT)

Radboud University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wrist Injuries; Wounds and Injuries

Treatments: Radiation: Volume Computed Tomography of the wrist and carpus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01857570

NL43482.091.13

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether standard volume computed tomography (CT) has impact on treatment in patients with suspicion of fractures of the wrist and carpus.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients (18 years and older) who are referred to our hospital for conventional radiography of the wrist and carpus
• Recent trauma mechanism (within 3 days before presentation)
• Clinical suspicion of fractures of the wrist and carpus. The carpus includes all carpal bones, but does not include the metacarpal bones.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who were not evaluated by a clinician before imaging was performed.
• Open fractures
• No informed consent or no prospective data collection could be obtained. Informed consent cannot be obtained in case patients do not speak or understand Dutch.
• Patients who cannot be positioned in upright position, immobilized on a spine board or transferred to the intensive care unit and cannot undergo upright CT

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Adult, clinical suspicion fractures wrist or carpus

Description:

- Patients (18 years and older) who are referred to our hospital for conventional radiography of the wrist and carpus

Treatment:

Radiation: Volume Computed Tomography of the wrist and carpus