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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR1996
Date of registration: 08/09/2009
Primary sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center, Medical Ethical Committee (METC)
Public title: A hinged external fixator for complex elbow dislocations: A prospective cohort study.
Scientific title: A hinged external fixator for complex elbow dislocations: A prospective cohort study. - Elbow Fixator
Date of first enrolment: 28/8/2009
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=1996
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: No; Masking: Single; Control: Not applicable; Group: [default]; Type: Single arm  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: N.W.L.  Schep
Address:  Erasmus MC, dept. of Surgery-Traumatology Mailbox H-822k P.O. Box 2040, Erasmus MC, dept. of Surgery-Traumatology Mailbox H-822k P.O. Box 2040 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-10 7031050
Email: n.schep@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: N.W.L.  Schep
Address:  Erasmus MC, dept. of Surgery-Traumatology Mailbox H-822k P.O. Box 2040, Erasmus MC, dept. of Surgery-Traumatology Mailbox H-822k P.O. Box 2040 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-10 7031050
Email: n.schep@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Men or women aged 18 years and older (with no upper age limit);

2. Patient with a complex elbow dislocation (i.e., dislocation of the elbow joint, combined with at least a fracture of the radial head, coronoid process, or olecranon);

3. Patient was treated with a hinged external fixator after ORIF and/or arthroplasty due to persistent instability;

4. Provision of informed consent by patient.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with distal intra-articular humeral fractures;

2. Patients with additional traumatic injuries of the affected upper limb;

3. Patients who underwent repair of the collateral ligaments and immobilization;

4. Patients with an impaired elbow function (i.e., stiff or painful elbow or neurological disorder of the upper limb) prior to the injury;

5. Retained hardware around the affected elbow;

6. Likely problems, in the judgment of the investigators, with maintaining follow-up (e.g., patients with no fixed address will be excluded);

7. Insufficient comprehension of the Dutch language to understand the rehabilitation program and other treatment information in the judgment of the attending physician;

Exclusion of a patient because of enrolment in another ongoing drug or surgical intervention trial will be left to the discretion of the attending surgeon, on a case-by-case basis.


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Complex elbow dislocation

Intervention(s)
Hinged external fixator.
Primary Outcome(s)
Quick-DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand) score.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Mayo Elbow Performance Index (MEPI);

2. Oxford Elbow Score;

3. Pain level (VAS);

4. Range of Motion of the elbow joint;

5. Radiographic healing;

6. Rate of secondary interventions;

7. Rate of complications;

8. Health-related quality of life (SF-36).
Secondary ID(s)
NL28503.078.09
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Erasmus Medical Center
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Surgery-Traumatology
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