Efficacy of the anteromedial-cortex view in treating trochanteric fractures.

JRCT ID: jRCT1070220093

Registered date:22/01/2023

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Trochanteric fractures
• Date of first enrollment: 22/01/2023
• Target sample size: 200
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): A participant is set on the traction table in an operation room. After a manual reduction manueveur, the anteromedial cortex view as well as an ordinary anterior-posterior view and a lateral view are teken with an image-intensifier. The anteromedial cortex view is evaluated along with ordinal views, and find out if it will have additional meaning in a clinical setting. To collect the desired number of participants, the multi-center study is considered.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: To evaluate the incidence of the patients that reduction is considered to be acceptable on the conventional lateral view and to be unacceptable on the anteromedial cortex view.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: Trochanteric fractures treated with open reduction and internal fixation at our instituion and the joint research institutions.
• Exclude criteria: Trochanteric fractures treated with conservative treatment.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kanezaki Shozo