NCT00989222

Volar Plating or External Fixation of Dorsally Displaced Fractures of the Distal Radius?

Volar Plating or External Fixation of Dorsally Displaced Fractures of the Distal Radius? A Prospective Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: Danderyd Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Promising results have been reported after volar locked plating of unstable dorsally displaced fractures of the distal radius. It offers stable fixation and early mobilization. The investigators' aim is to test if volar locked plating results in better patient-perceived, objective functional and radiological outcomes compared to the less invasive external fixation that has been the standard operation for decades.

Conditions

• Radius Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	closed reduction and external fixation	Fixation of an unstable dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius with bridging external fixation
PROCEDURE	Internal fixation with a volar locked plate	Open reduction and fixation of a unstable dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius with a volar locked plate

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2009-06-01
• First posted: 2009-10-05
• Last updated: 2009-10-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden