Combined nail and plate fixation for hip fractures
Part of Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This trial tests a new surgery that uses both a nail and a plate to fix certain types of hip fractures with thin outer bone. It may help your hip heal more stably.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have finished growing (skeletally mature).
- Your hip fracture is a specific type called AO 31A2 or 31A3 with a thin side wall (over 20.5 mm thick on x-ray).
- Your injury score (ISS) is 17 or lower, meaning you don't have severe injuries to other body parts.
- Your fracture is not an open fracture where the bone pokes through the skin (type III).
- You have not waited more than 3 weeks to get treatment for this fracture.
- You do not have uncontrolled health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart, kidney, liver, or lung failure.
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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