Compare two ways to fix children’s forearm bone fractures
Part of Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study compares two surgical methods—casting versus percutaneous pinning—to treat certain distal (near the wrist) forearm fractures in children. It aims to find which method works best for healing and function, especially in specific fracture types.
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Who can take part
- Your child has a distal radius fracture near the wrist that overlaps (overriding metaphyseal fracture).
- Your child’s growth plates are still open (an “open epiphysis”).
- There may also be an ulna fracture, but not both forearms at the same time.
- The fracture is in a single forearm (not injuries to both forearms).
- The open fracture type must not be a more severe (Gustillo-Anderson grade II or III) injury.
- Your child has no nerve or blood-vessel injury in the affected arm and no major other injuries.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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