Treatment of supracondylar humerus fractures in children

Comparison between crossing wires versus two lateral wires in the management of displaced supracondylar humerus in children

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201702001960109

Enrollment

Registered

2017-01-03

Start date

2016-01-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Musculoskeletal Diseases supracondylar humerus fractures in children

Interventions

crossing wires group

Lateral wires group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ¿ Children between two and nine years. ¿ Unilateral fractures ¿ Displaced fractures ( gartland II and III ) ¿ Presenting within 72 hours from trauma ¿ No associated fractures in the same limb ¿ No previous fractures in the same limb

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ¿ Open fractures. ¿ Failed closed reduction. ¿ Floating elbow. ¿ Failure to preform preoperative neurovascular assessment ¿ Neurovascular injury requiring surgical exploration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
radiolgical outcomes	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
grading of the clinical outcomes	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactHesham abdelsadek

professor in orthopedic department, suez canal university hospital

heshamsadeq58@yahoo.com+201221186571

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026