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

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Conditions studied: Supracondylar Femur Fracture

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare patient outcomes for the Less Invasive Stabilization System (LISS) (Synthes {USA}, Paoli, PA, USA), a minimally invasive plating system used in the treatment of supracondylar femur fractures, with patient outcomes for the Supracondylar Nail (Smith \& Nephew Inc, Memphis, TN, USA), a retrograde intramedullary nail.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00578019

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

80

Starts

1999-12-01

Expected to finish

2005-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-10-01

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Type A or C supracondylar femur fracture
• Adult patients (19 years or older)

You may not qualify if…

• Patients unable or unwilling to comply with follow-up gait, radiographic, and clinical evaluations necessary to complete the study
• Patients are not able or willing to give informed consent and/or have no responsible family member willing to give consent
• Patients with a disease entity or condition that totally precludes the possibility of bony fusion or patients undergoing drug therapy that prevents bony healing
• Mentally retarded persons
• Mentally disabled individuals
• Prisoners
• Pregnant women

Where it is running

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Orthopaedic Trauma — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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