NCT00943332

Pediatric Femur Research Project

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Current treatment protocol for pediatric femoral shaft fractures is immediate spica casting for patients 6 years and younger and for patients over 6 years and older is percutaneous or open placement of titanium elastic intramedullary nails. The investigators would like to evaluate the current treatment protocol by comparing those patients 6 years and younger treated with closed reduction and spica casting to those 6 years and younger treated with percutaneous pinned with titanium elastic intramedullary nails or submuscular plating. The investigators will be comparing their post-operative functional level, pain management, impact on family and complications through chart and x-ray reviews. The goal is to improve patient care pre and post-operatively for those who have sustained a femoral shaft fracture 6 years old and younger and increase the knowledge of those residents/physicians who care for this patient population.

Conditions

• Femur Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	femur fracture repair	all participants will have undergone surgical intervention to repair a femur fracture, the investigators will simply be collecting data after the procedure; participants will not be consented until after the procedure

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-01-01
• Completion: 2018-01-01
• First posted: 2009-07-22
• Last updated: 2019-04-26

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States