Acetabular Fractures of Both Columns - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Penn State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Information provided by:	Penn State University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00676611

Purpose

The purpose of this research is to study a specific acetabular (hip socket) fracture pattern and how its treatment affects the functional, clinical, and x-ray outcomes. There are no experimental procedures involved.

Condition
Acetabular Fractures Both Columns

MedlinePlus related topics: Fractures

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Case-Only, Retrospective
Official Title:	Both Column Acetabular Fractures With Associated Posterior Deformity Patterns: Implications for Surgical Treatment and Prognosis

Further study details as provided by Penn State University:

Biospecimen Retention: None Retained

Biospecimen Description:

Estimated Enrollment:	10
Study Start Date:	May 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2008

Detailed Description:

This study will identify a small subset of patients that fall outside the Letournel classification system of acetabular fractures. The fracture pattern, its influence on the surgical treatment decision making process, and the radiographic and outcomes will be detailed. In particular, both-column acetabular fractures with significant posterior deformity have been correlated with poor functional outcomes, increased arthritis radiographically, and worse prognosis in general. Despite these findings, there has been no specific study evaluating these injury patterns to date. We present ten patients with both column acetabular fractures and an associated posterior column/wall piece and their clinical outcomes in an effort to help guide surgical treatment and offer prognostic guidance.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study will include 10 patients who have had column fractures with an associated posterior wall fracture or significantly displaced posterior column fracture that required a separate approach for reduction and/or fixation of the hip performed at Hershey Medical Center by two surgeons, Drs. David Goodspeed and J. Spence Reid over a 12 month period (June 2006 - May 2007). There is no control population.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

All patients that underwent surgical fixation of the hip at Hershey Medical Center between June 2006 and May 2007 by Dr's J. Spence Reid and David Goodspeed.
They will include patients that are admitted directly from the field or are transferred from outside hospitals.

Exclusion Criteria:

will be those acetabular fractures of non-traumatic etiology (e.g.: secondary to malignancy or fatigue)
fractures that have not undergone operative fixation
pediatric populations under the age of 18
mentally compromised patients
those that do not give consent for the clinical evaluation.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00676611

Locations

United States, Pennsylvania
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

Sponsors and Collaborators

Penn State University

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

David C Goodspeed, MD

Penn State Milton S. Hershey

More Information

Responsible Party:	Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine ( David C. Goodspeed/Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Trauma )
Study ID Numbers:	DCG001, IRB# 27556EP
Study First Received:	May 8, 2008
Last Updated:	May 12, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00676611
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Penn State University:

Acetabular Fractures

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Fractures, Bone
Wounds and Injuries
Disorders of Environmental Origin
Congenital Abnormalities

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009