The Effects of Postoperative Physician Phone Calls for Hand and Wrist Fractures

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hand Injuries, Trauma, Hand Injuries and Disorders

In brief

This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03557073

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

24

Starts

2018-01-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with isolated injuries of the hand who present to a specific level 1 trauma center in the Midwestern United States
• Patients who have planned surgical treatment by a pre-specified group of surgeons

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who have significant trauma to other organ systems proximal to the wrist
• Patients who have open ("compound") fractures (i.e., bone is exposed)
• Children

Where it is running

• Eskenazi Hospital — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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