Positive fat pad after pediatric elbow injury without direct proof of a fracture in X-ray, what is the correlate in MRI?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00020351

Enrollment

Registered

2020-01-07

Start date

2020-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

S42.41

Interventions

Group 1: Children with a dorsal fat pad may be offered an MRI by the emergency doctor in our hospital for further diagnosis and decision on the treatment. They will be invited for discussion of the re

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

No minimum to 15 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: age below 16 years on day of injury • Written informed consent and data protection agreement of parents and child depending on maturity • Trauma can be remembered and happened within 48 hours before X-ray • Isolated supracondylar fracture Type I according to Laer (undisplaced) o No fracture line visible in X-ray o Positive Fat-pad-sign in X-ray • Consent for MRI and MRI done within 14 days after trauma

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: language barrier, child refuses MRI

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of supracondylar humerus fractures in patients with positive fat pad sign.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Number and location of other injuries of the MRI scan area, correlation with age and gender	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSimon Kim

Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

kims@uni-greifswald.de+4917630734911

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026