The Parapatellar Approach to Intramedullary Tibial Nailing
Completed
Conditions studied: Knee Pain Intermittent
In brief
This project will address the incidence of anterior knee pain in the approaches used for tibial nailing. A parapatellar approach, with nail insertion in relative extension, will be compared to the approaches in which nail insertion requires the knee to be placed in flexion. The incidence of anterior knee pain will be compared in each group to assess whether the compared approaches result in similar levels of anterior knee pain. Patients will be given the 2000 IKDC Subjective Knee Evaluation Form to assess anterior knee pain. The 2000 IKDC Subjective Knee Evaluation Form is a newer assessment tool created by the International Knee Documentation Committee. It has been validated for use with broad patient populations dealing with various knee disorders.19
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01407718
- Run by
- University of Utah
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2010-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2021-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-06-10
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All patients, 18 years of age or older, who present to the University of Utah Medical Center for treatment of a tibia fracture that requires use of an intramedullary nail for fracture fixation.
You may not qualify if…
- prior operations about the knee
- neurovascular compromise
- ipsilateral fracture of the femur or proximal tibia not amenable to intramedullary nailing
- patients who are non-ambulatory
- patients who have ipsilateral fractures involving the ankle or foot
- a fracture pattern that requires the surgeon to use a surgical approach outside the assigned treatment arm.
Where it is running
- University of Utah Orthopedics Center — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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