Discharging patients with ankle fractures prior to surgery

Ankle Home Stay Programme: an observational cohort studying reviewing ankle fracture management and costs at a busy district general hospital

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN94661773

Enrollment

Registered

2019-02-17

Start date

2015-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-02-03

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Conditions

Ankle fracture Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Fracture of lower leg, including ankle

Interventions

From acute presentation to accident and emergency with an ankle fracture patients were examined by the on call orthopaedic team and a decision for surgical fixation was made. If not appropriate for su

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Acute ankle fracture requiring surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Ligamentous injury

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cost efficiency savings were measured using cost of admission, number of days admitted with direct correlation to the cost of managing patients in an outpatient setting (e.g. fracture clinic).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The number of hospital inpatient days were measured using patient notes.	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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