Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03494309
Open Versus Closed Reduction of Mandibular Sub-Condylar Fractures
Comparison of Open Reduction With Internal Fixation and Closed Reduction With External Fixation of Mandibular Sub-Condylar Fractures
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (actual)
- Sponsor
- King Edward Medical University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Patients with mandibular sub-condylar fractures underwent either either open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) or closed reduction with external fixation (CREF) and were followed up for 6 months to assess treatment adequacy with the hypothesis that ORIF is superior to CREF.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Open Reduction & Internal Fixation | Patients underwent surgery and the fractures were reduced under direct vision followed by internal fixation with titanium plates and screws |
| PROCEDURE | Closed Reduction & External Fixation | Patients underwent closed reduction of the fracture and external fixation by arch bars \& guided elastics |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-11-15
- Completion
- 2015-11-15
- First posted
- 2018-04-11
- Last updated
- 2018-04-11
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03494309. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.