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Prospective Evaluation of Cast Bivalving for Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures

Distal Radius Fracture Clinical Trial

Official title:
Prospective Evaluation of Loss of Reduction and Cast Parameters Following Cast Bivalving for Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures

Clinical Trial Summary

Pediatric patients with distal radius fractures are most commonly treated non-operatively with fracture reduction and cast immobilization. In order to prevent complications from increased swelling after the injury (or fracture manipulation) casts may be split along their length to relieve pressure. However, this can compromise the casts' structural integrity, predisposing fractures to loss of reduction. The goal of this study was to investigate if cast bivalving, or splitting the cast longitudinally on both sides, resulted in any immediate change to bony alignment and to assess if bivalving effected cast parameters associated with loss of reduction.

Clinical Trial Description

Displaced pediatric distal radius fractures are treated with fracture reduction and cast immobilization. Currently, at our institution (and many others) radiographic assessment to determine acceptable fracture alignment and cast parameters is done immediately after cast application. However, afterward casts are often split on both sides along their length, in a process known as bivalving, prophylactically treating for post-traumatic soft tissue edema. While bivalving is felt to relieve pressure from the cast, it may also diminish the structural integrity of the cast. Although it is well-established that loss of fracture alignment is most common in the first few weeks after fracture reduction there have been no studies to evaluate any immediate changes to fracture reduction or cast parameters that may occur after bivalving. Thus, the goal of this study was to assess if pediatric distal radius fracture alignment was affected by cast bivalving by obtaining post-bivalve radiographs in addition to standard post-cast radiographs. ;

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT05716438
Study type Observational
Source Brooke Army Medical Center
Contact
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase
Start date March 1, 2019
Completion date April 20, 2023
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