NCT04343118

Benefit of Surgical Hardware Removal Following Clavicle Fracture

Do Patients Benefit From Elective Implant Removal Following Plate Osteosynthesis of Clavicle Fractures - a Prospective Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Technical University of Munich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Little is known about the beneficial aspects of elective implant removal following plate osteosynthesis of displaced clavicle fractures.

Detailed description

Elective implant removal accounts for up to 30% of all orthopaedic surgeries. While there is general acceptance about the need of implant removal for obvious reasons, such as infections or implant failure, little is known about the beneficial aspects in cases of minor reasons. Therefore, we initiated this study to define patients' benefit of elective implant removal following plate osteosynthesis of displaced clavicle fractures. Patients and Methods Prospective evaluation of patients was conducted before implant removal and 6 weeks postoperative. Subjective and objective criteria included patients' satisfaction, pain rating on a visual analog scale (VAS) and active range of motion (ROM) pre- and 6 weeks postoperative. Functional scoring included the SPADI, DASH score, the Constant Score and the Munich Shoulder Questionnaire (MSQ).

Conditions

• Clavicle Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Hardware Removal	elective removal of plate osteosynthesis at the clavicle

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-01-01
• Completion: 2020-01-02
• First posted: 2020-04-13
• Last updated: 2020-04-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany