Clinical trials: Malleolus Fracture, Lateral
Lateral Malleolus Fracture
A Noninferiority RCT Comparing Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment for ER-stress Positive Weber-B Unimalleolar Fractures
Current gold standard treatment for unstable (those found unstable in external rotation (ER) stress testing Weber B-type, Lauge-Hansen supination-external rotation type IV) ankle fractures is open reduction and internal fixation…
- Trial name
- NCT01758796
- Testing
- Non-operative treatment, Surgery
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu
Lateral Malleolus Fractures
PRCT-study of Different Non-operative Treatment Protocols of ER-stress Negative Weber-B Unimalleolar Ankle Fractures.
PRCT multicenter study to evaluate non-operative treatment protocols for treating ER-stress negative unimalleolar Weber-B type fibular fractures. Groups are: 1. 3 weeks in a removable splint 2. 3 weeks in a cast and 3.
- Trial name
- NCT01758835
- Testing
- Splint 3 weeks, Cast 3 weeks, Cast 6 weeks
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 247 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu