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Intramedullary Bone Grafting for Open Tibial Shaft Fractures
Sponsor: University of Louisville
Summary
This study will examine if there is a difference between the time to full union between the control group and the study group. Each group will be composed of patients who have an open fracture in the mid tibia. Both groups will undergo primary fixation via reamed intramedulary nailing (IMN), a common treatment for tibia shaft fractures in adults. The study group will have a bone graft applied to the open cortex of the fracture. The bone graft will be composed of the intramedullary reamings, which are a byproduct produced when the intramedullary canal is reamed in preparation for insertion of the IMN.
Official title: Open Tibial Shaft Fractures: Can Packing the Exposed Cortex With Intramedullary Reamings Increase Union Rates
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
130
Start Date
2020-03-26
Completion Date
2025-02
Last Updated
2024-05-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Intramedullary Bone Graft
Patients in this group will undergo standard treatment for their open tibia shaft fracture (irrigation and debridement of their open fracture and reamed intramedullary nailing), but will also have the reamings from the medullary canal preparation collected and packed into the exposed fracture cortex
Locations (2)
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, United States