Fracture Arm
Conditions
Keywords
medial epicondyle humerus, absorbable cartilage nail
Brief summary
To compare surgical outcomes from medial epicondyle fracture fixation with absorbable cartilage nails to those from traditional Kirschner wire fixation.
Detailed description
From August 2007 to January 2012, 32 patients undergoing surgery for medial humeral epicondyle fractures in our hospital were randomized into group A (traditional Kirschner wire) or group B (absorbable cartilage nail). The same surgical team performed the operations, and patients were followed for over a year. Group A had open reduction with K-wire fixation, and group B was fixed with absorbable cartilage nails. The Bede scoring system was used to evaluate elbow function at follow-up.
Interventions
PROCEDUREabsorbable cartilage nail
The experiment group patients were fixed with absorbable cartilage nails
PROCEDUREtraditional Kirschner wires
The control group were fixed with traditional Kirschner wires
Sponsors
Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* fractures with more than 2 mm of displacement were treated with cast immobilization
Exclusion criteria
* fractures with less than 2 mm of displacement were treated with cast immobilization
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Intensity | on 12th month | Pain Intensity assessed with the Bede Scoring System |
| Elbow Motion | on 12th month | Elbow Motion assessed in degrees |
| Stability | on 12th month | Stability assessed using the following scoring system: Stable, Moderate Instability, Grossly Unstable. |
| Elbow Function evaluation | on 12th month | A specific physician check the patients and ask them to perform the following activity.(comb hair,eat;perform hygiene;don shirt;don shoe) |
Outcome results
None listed