NCT03417310

Clinical Applications of a Joystick in Femoral Shaft Fractures

Studying the Clinical Applications of "H" Joystick for Reduction in Femoral Shaft Fractures

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: MGH Institute of Health Professions · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will use a new "H" joystick for reduction on patients with femur fractures to investigate the reduction time, operating time and bone healing status for the evaluation of the clinical application benefits of this joystick.

Detailed description

This study will design a new "H" joystick for reduction (which has received the national utility model patent) and will use this equipment on 80 patients (55 males, 25 females) with femur fractures to investigate the reduction time, operating time and bone healing status for the evaluation of the clinical application benefits of this joystick.

Conditions

• Femur Shaft Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	"H" joystick	A joystick that corrects lateral displacement and angulation for multi-direction reduction
PROCEDURE	Common reduction methods	Manual reduction methods without the assistance of any devices

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-31
• Completion: 2017-03-31
• First posted: 2018-01-31
• Last updated: 2018-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China