carpal fractures Wrist fractures
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients (18 years and older) who are referred to our hospital for conventional radiography of the wrist and carpus and a recent trauma mechanism (within 3 days before presentation) and clinical suspicion of fractures of the wrist and carpus.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -Patients who were not evaluated by a clinician before imaging was performed -Open fractures -No informed consent or no prospective data collection could be obtained -Patients who cannot be positioned in upright position, immobilized on a spineboard or transferred to the intensive care unit and cannot undergo upright CT -(Suspected) pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameter is the proportion of patients with prospectively documented treatment changes after CT. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| One secondary endpoint is the proportion of patients with difference in fracture pattern detection before and after CT. Second secondary endpoint is mean patient outcome according to the patient rated wrist/hand evaluation (PRWHE) score. | — |
Countries
Netherlands