Health Condition 1: null- Radial Club Hand
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All patients with high grade radial club hand (Heikel grade 3 and 4 2. Patients willing to give consent for this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with previously operated radial club hand. 2. Low grade radial club hand (Heikel grade 1 and 2)(33) 3. Patients with other associated systemic abnormalities rendering the patient unfit for general anaesthesia. 4. Patients who have adapted to the deformity 5. Patients not willing to give consent for this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To study the clinical, radiological and functional outcome following Centralization and Radialization procedures in high grade (Heikel grade 3 and 4) radial club hand. 2. To study the histopathological changes (using light microscopy with immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy) in muscle and connective tissue in patients with radial club hand. Timepoint: 1. At first presentation 2. Immediately before surgery 3. Immediately after surgery 4. Post operative 3 months 5. Post operative 6 months 6. Post operative 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Age,Sex,Anomalies,Laterality,dominance,Heikel type,Thumb condition,casts required preop clin. forearm length,arm length,hand forearm angle rad. forearm length,arm length,hand forearm angle ap view,hand forearm angle lat view,ulnar bow ap view, lateral view total angulation,elbow,wrist, digital ROM Ability to grasp and release objects Complications,Ms. fibre type Type 1 fibre predom. Type 1,type 2 ms. fibre myofibroblasts ,mast cells,PDGF,Desmin,SMA,Electron microscopic findingsTimepoint: 1. At first presentation 2. Immediately before surgery 3. Immediately after surgery 4. Post operative 3 months 5. Post operative 6 months 6. Post operative 12 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)