Does aspiration of simple traumatic elbow effusions benefit the patients?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN76668714

Enrollment

150

Registered

2004-09-30

Start date

2003-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning: Traumatic elbow effusion Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Traumatic elbow effusion

Interventions

Randomly assigned to aspiration or not.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 150 patients with traumatic elbow effusions, or type 1/2 radial head fractures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Parameters of pain, mobility and quality of life will be assessed on presentation, after treatment, one day, one week and 3 months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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