Hip Fractures
Conditions
Brief summary
Ereth et al. showed in 1992, using transesophageal echocardiography, that the implantation of a hip prosthesis may be complicated by intracardiac embolization of various origin. A patent foramen ovale exists in approximately one fifth of the population; it facilitates the passage of embolus from the right heart to the left one and then especially to the coronary vessels and to the brain. The hypothesis supported in this research is that the prevalence of postoperative complications, especially neurological ones, is increased after surgery for hip fracture when patients have a patent foramen ovale.
Interventions
DEVICETransthoracic echocardiography
A transthoracic echocardiography is performed to discover a patent foramen ovale
Sponsors
Hopital Foch
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* hip fracture requiring a surgical procedure
Exclusion criteria
* simultaneous other traumatic lesion
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants with postoperative complications probably related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale | First postoperative week | Complications probably related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants with postoperative complications probably not related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale | First postoperative week | Complications probably not related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale |
| Number of days before walking without help | One year | — |
| Number of days at home during the first postoperative year | one year | Number of days of stay at home |
| Mortality | Three months and one year | — |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed