NCT04109469

Shark Screw® - Hand- and Foot Surgery Study

Retrospective Study on the Use of a Human Bone Graft (Shark Screw®) in Hand- and Foot Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Klinik Diakonissen Linz GmbH · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This observational study aims to determine the efficacy and safety of the Shark Screw® transplant for osteotomy and arthrodesis in hand and foot surgery.

Detailed description

The Shark Screw® transplant (surgebright GmbH) is a human cortical bone allograft for osteosynthesis and can replace metal or bioabsorbable devices in various procedures. In total, the clinical records from 32 patients who had undergone surgical procedure at the hand or foot between October 2016 and January 2018 with the use of a Shark Screw® transplant for joint arthrodesis or for the stabilization of osteotomies serve as data sources for this study. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Shark Screw® transplant in hand and foot surgery by analyzing the recovery, wound and bone healing process.

Conditions

• Arthrodesis
• Osteotomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Shark Screw® transplant	Application of a Shark Screw® transplant for osteosynthesis or arthrodesis in hand- or foot surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-08-27
• Primary completion: 2019-02-07
• Completion: 2019-02-07
• First posted: 2019-09-30
• Last updated: 2019-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria