NCT03379935

Radial Head Arthroplasty A Clinical and Radiological Comparison of Monopolar and Bipolar Radial Head Arthroplasty

Radial Head Arthroplasty: A Clinical and Radiological Comparison of Monopolar and Bipolar Radial Head Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sundsvall Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Fractures of the radial head are among the most common fractures in the elbow and represent one-third of all elbow fractures.This retrospective cohort study was performed between 2004 and 2014 at Sundsvall and Umeå University hospital, Sweden. All patients who were operated on between 2004 and 2014 with a radial head arthroplasty for an acute or sequelae due to a caput radii fracture.The aim of this study is to evaluate clinical or radiological differences between patients treated with a unipolar or bipolar radial head arthroplasty.

Conditions

• Radial Head Fracture
• Elbow Fracture
• Arthroplasty Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Type of radial head arthroplasty	Patiens are either treated with a unipolar or a bipolar radial head arthroplasty. At Sundsvall hospital all patients were treated with a unipolar and at Umeå university hospital all patients were treated with a bipolar arthroplasty.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-07-01
• Completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2017-12-20
• Last updated: 2017-12-20