NCT02577081

Assessment of the Risk of Contralateral Non Simultaneous Neck of Femur Fracture in the Elderly.

Assessment of the Risk of Contralateral Non Simultaneous Neck of Femur Fracture in the Elderly. CT Based Study.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Meir Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Neck of femur fractures are common in the elderly and are the source of significant morbidity and mortality. This study is based on a new technique developed in Ben Gurion University, with which investigators are able to asses the structural 3 dimensional strength of a bone by applying a unique simulation on a CAT scan of the bone. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risk of a contralateral neck of femur fracture after the first neck of femur fracture and to estimate the potential fracture characteristics.

Detailed description

Neck of femur fractures are common in the elderly and are the source of significant morbidity and mortality. literature shows that around 10 percent of those who fracture their femoral neck for the first time will later fracture their contralateral neck of femur and in most cases with the same fracture characteristics. This study is based on a new technique developed in Ben Gurion University, with which investigators are able to asses the structural 3 dimensional strength of a bone by applying a unique simulation on a CAT scan of the bone. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risk of a contralateral neck of femur fracture after the first neck of femur fracture and to estimate the potential fracture characteristics.

Conditions

• Neck of Femur Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CAT scan (CT scan)	all patients will pass a CAT scan of ths pelvis and the 2 femurs. No other interventions are required.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-10-01
• Completion: 2020-10-01
• First posted: 2015-10-16
• Last updated: 2016-09-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel