Clinical trial NCT03359278: Effects of Ulnar Styloid and Sigmoid Notch Fractures on Postoperative Wrist Function of Distal Radius Fracture Patients
Official title: Effects of Ulnar Styloid and Sigmoid Notch Fractures on Postoperative Wrist Function of Patients With Distal Radius Fracture
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Radius Fracture Distal
Keywords: distal radius fracture, sigmoid notch
Lead sponsor: Peking University People's Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-12-02
Enrollment: 139
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: community sample, residents of Peking

Brief summary: To study the effects of ulnar styloid and sigmoid notch fractures on postoperative wrist function in patients with distal radius fracture

Detailed description: Patients treated for distal radius fracture in the Department of Orthopedic Trauma at the People's Hospital of Peking University will be selected for outpatient follow-up. Evaluation was based on Sartiento's modification of the Gartland and Werley score. Efficacy was assessed with wrist pain as the focus.The follow-up time is one year after the operation。

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. unilateral distal radius fracture with or without ulnar styloid fracture, closed fracture
2. distal radius fracture repaired by internal fixation using a palmar plate
3. age of ≥18 years
4. integral clinical data, a postoperative follow-up period of ≥12 months
5. distal radius fracture with normal union
6. provision of informed consent after receiving an explanation of the purpose of this study

Exclusion Criteria:

1. old fracture, pathological fracture, open fracture
2. bilateral distal radius fracture
3. fracture of other parts of the wrist (excluding the ulnar styloid)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sartiento's modification of the Gartland and Werley score
timeFrame: 1 year after surgery
Secondary outcomes:
measure: ulnar wrist pain(VAS score)
timeFrame: 1 year after surgery
Other outcomes:
measure: Union rate of ulnar styloid fracture
timeFrame: 1 year after surgery
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital
name: Tianbing Wang, Doctor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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