Health Condition 1: M849- Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 18 years and above. 2. Any bone fractures treated with any modality of open reduction and internal fixation with any type of fixation device. 3. Secondary surgeries for internal fixation failures or hypertrophic nonunion.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients under 18 years. 2. Fractures with infection, brain injury, bone tumors, systemic diseases, or those treated with hormones, steroids, vitamin D, or calcium.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome of the study is to study the fracture patterns in different anatomical locations at microscopic level in patients reporting to orthopedic OPD. Timepoint: This is a cross-sectional study, so all the 50 study participants/patients and their respective callus samples shall be assessed for all the variables/parameters [Anthropometric and Microscopic] only at the time of their reporting to the OPD/IPD i.e. at the baseline. No follow-up is going to be done in this study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcomes of this project study is as follows: 1. To study the fractures patterns in patients reporting at varying periods of time to the orthopedic OPD. 2. To study the fractures patterns in different age groups in patients reporting to orthopedic OPD. Timepoint: For the above-mentioned secondary outcomes of this project study, all the patients & their callus samples will be assessed for the variables/parameters [anthropometric & microscopic] only at the time of their reporting to the OPD/IPD, i.e. at the baseline. No follow up shall be done in this study. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Rajkot