Early Weight Bearing in Distal Femur Fractures
ConditionDistal Femur Fracture
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAssiut University
About this trial
Assessment of the effect of double plating and single lateral plating on early weight bearing as a primary outcome and improving union and decreasing complications as secondary outcomes.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Skeletally mature patients.
Distal femur fracture type A2, A3, C1, C2 by X-ray (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen classification).
Injury Severity Score below 15.
Controlled comorbidities.
Disqualifiers
Distal femur fractures type A1, B, C3 and A2 if there is a medial wedge.
Open fracture grade 3 Gustilo Anderson Classification.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- dual plating
- single plating
Treatment groups
34 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov