An International, Multicenter, Prospective Registry on Post-traumatic Long Bones Defects
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAO Innovation Translation Center
About this trial
Long bone defect (LBD) is defined as a focalized loss of bone tissue in any long bone of the upper or lower extremity. Long bone defects are a complex problem, that may arise as a complication of many different pathologies, such as trauma, tumors or infection. Whereas post-traumatic defects are the largest group.
Reports estimate that there are almost 4 million bone grafting procedures worldwide per year. However, limb reconstruction in the context of a bony defect is challenging and up to date there is little evidence and treatment recommendations.
In a multi-national approach, the aim of this project is to set up an international, multicenter registry to gather information and details on prevalence or incidence, current treatments, complications and outcome.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥ 18 years
Skeletally mature
Post traumatic bone defect > 2 cm either
initially after injury or
Disqualifiers
Any oblique defect that has less than 8cm expansion when adding the defect size of all four cortices
Any not medically managed severe systemic disease
Pregnancy
Prisoners
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Any treatment that is used for a defect of any long bone
Treatment groups
No treatment groups listed
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov