NCT00578019View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Comparison Between LISS Plating and Intramedullary (IM) Nailing for Supracondylar Femur Fractures

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

80

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 31, 1999

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2005

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2005

Conditions
Supracondylar Femur Fracture
Interventions
PROCEDURE

IM Nailing

Patients randomized to Arm 1, A will be treated with a retrograde intramedullary nailing of the femur fracture utilizing the Smith \& Nephew supracondylar nail.

PROCEDURE

LISS

Group B patients will have their fracture stabilized with the LISS plates (Synthes \[USA\], Paoli, PA, USA).

Trial Locations (1)

35294

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Orthopaedic Trauma, Birmingham

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

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