Treatment of Displaced Medial Epicondyle Fractures In Children
ConditionFractures, Bone
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-16
SponsorAssiut University
About this trial
Compare the outcome of the operative and non-operative treatment; for fractures of the medial epicondyle of humerus in children as regards union, alignment and complications.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients Age < 16 years presenting with a ≥2 mm displaced non-incarcerated medial epicondyle fracture with or without concomitant elbow dislocation and normal ulnar nerve function.
Acute fractures were defined as less than7 days between the date of injury and initiation of treatment
Disqualifiers
systemic bone disease
concomitant fracture or injury of the same upper limb requiring operative intervention
Open fractures, incarceration of the fragment inside the joint or ulnar nerve dysfunction require surgery
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- operative
- non-operative
Treatment groups
52 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov