NCT00686023

Comparing Surgical Techniques for CRIF of Pertrochanteric Fractures

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: Inflatable intra medullary femoral nailing is superior to DHS in terms of blood loss, operative complications and postoperative rehabilitation in the management of pertrochanteric femur neck fractures.

Detailed description

patients with pertrochanteric fractures of the femur will be randomly assigned to one of 2 groups. group 1 will undergo internal fixation using a DHS device. group 2 will undergo internal fixation using an inflatable intramedullary femoral nail device post operative care will be the same including DVT prophylaxis, early mobilization. weight baring will be aloud in cases of a stable fracture (EVANS 1-3) non weight bearing until callus bridge in patients with unstable fractures (EVANS 4-6) outcomes: death within first year postoperative complications length of hospitalization time to mobilization functional score reontgenic evaluation

Conditions

• Femur Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	internal fixation (DHS - richard nail)	internal fixation
PROCEDURE	internal fixation (inflatable PFN by DISCOTEC)	internal fixation

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2008-05-29
• Last updated: 2008-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel