NCT00292006

Computerized Tomography to Help Diagnosis Pediatrics Scaphoid Fractures.

The Efficiency of Computerized Tomography to Aid in the Diagnosis of Pediatrics Scaphoid Fractures

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether computerized tomography will be better than plain radiographs in determining pediatrics scaphoid fractures.

Detailed description

Background: The use of plain radiograph in the detection of pediatrics scaphoid fractures has low specificity and sensitivity. Patients with documented anatomical snuffbox tenderness and negative plain radiographs are casted in thumb spica casts and seen by a pediatrics orthopedics surgeon. However few patients with clinical scaphoid fractures have documented scaphoid fractures, with the most common injury of soft tissue injury to the surrounding tissues. The use of CT scan to detect scaphoid fractures is not well documented and may be an appropriate substitute for plain radiographs. Hypothesis: CT scan of the wrist will have higher sensitivity and specificity in detecting pediatrics scaphoid fracture than plain radiographs.

Conditions

• Scaphoid Bone
• Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Computerized tomography

Timeline

• Completion: 2007-06-01
• First posted: 2006-02-15
• Last updated: 2017-08-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada