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Filter by:This study intends to determine the best surgical treatment for humeral shaft fractures. One third of the patients will be treated with open reduction and internal fixation with plate; one third, with bridge plate technique and the remaining third with locked intramedullary nail.
This study is a multicenter prospective randomized control trial comparing hardware retention (HR) to removal of hardware (RH).
This research study is evaluating bone mineral density in childhood cancer survivors who have a history of bone fracture.
Colles fractures are a common type of wrist fracture that often requires manipulation in the Emergency Department. Currently xrays are used to assess whether this has been successful, which are done once the plaster cast has been applied. This study will assess whether ultrasound can be used immediately after the manipulation to check the position, before the plaster cast is applied. This would then be followed by an xray as normal. The aim is to assess the feasibility of a full study to determine which method is faster, causes less pain, and also to assess if either approach reduces the need for repeat attempts at manipulation and surgical repair.
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of ultrasound guided hematoma block versus traditional "blind" hematoma block for analgesia in distal radius fracture reduction.
Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue with consequent bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture. Fifty percent of women and 20% men older than 50 y.o. will have an osteoporotic fracture (fragility fracture). Fragility fracture is defined as one that results from a low-energy trauma such as a fall from body height. A previous fracture is an important predictor of a new fracture, especially in the first 5 years after initial fracture. A second fracture can be particularly devastating if it is a hip fracture. Low bone mineral density, measured by bone densitometry, as well as a previous osteoporotic fracture, are the two major risk factors for the occurrence of a new fracture. A more rational approach currently used to minimize the costs of health care in a shorter period of time uses the strategy of firstly preventing the occurrence of secondary fracture, followed by primary prevention strategies. In this context, correct identification of fragility fractures and consequent treatment of those individuals is imperative. There are currently insufficient data about the epidemiology and evolution of other fragility fractures, also known as non-vertebral non-hip fracture (NVNH). Among these, distal radius fracture and proximal humerus fractures are the most frequent. There is a type of fracture, however, that is simply ignored by the medical community: the knee insufficiency fracture.A possible explanation for this information gap could be the fact that, until a few years ago, this entity was believed to be a osteonecrosis of the knee. Only recently it is becoming clear that the cause of pain and marrow bone edema that occur subtly in older individuals is, in fact, a insufficiency fracture. The perception that this lesion is actually a fracture is relatively new. The knee insufficiency fracture usually occurs in older individuals and those with knee osteoarthritis. This study therefore aims to evaluate whether there is a relation between knee insufficiency fracture and osteoporosis. Moreover, it is expected to find out if this fracture may be defined as a fragility fracture, electing the individuals affected by it to a prophylaxis for the occurrence of new osteoporotic fracture.
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) is one kind of stem cell which is gained form adult tissue. Although MSC derived from autogenic bone marrow are proven to help regeneration in non union fracture and long bone defect, the aspiration process through iliac crest is invasive and painful. Therefore, alternative source of MSC which is less invasive is needed. Adipose and umbilical cord is a "waste product" that proven to contain enormous MSC. Furthermore adipose and umbilical cord as an allogenic source is more abundant in number compares to autogenic bone marrow. This enormous source need and adequate preservation technique before applied to the patient. According to that, researchers want to explore the potency of MSC from bone marrow, umbilical cord and adipose as the source of allogenic MSC and the effect of cryopreservation technique to the viability and quality of MSC. We will also compare the effectivity of MSC implantation from bone marrow, umbilical cord and adipose applied to non union fracture and long bone defect. Samples from bone marrow, umbilical cord and adipose are cultured and the viability of the cells are observed. Some of the cells are implanted directly to the patient with non union fractures and long bone defect while some are cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen -190 degree Celsius in three months. All samples are thawed and the viability of the cells are observed. Patient who are implanted by MSC allogenic will undergo clinical and radiological examination in the third, sixth and twenty second month after implantation.
The purpose of this study is to create an institutional and population-based registry of Hip fracture in the elderly with a prospective survey based on epidemiological data, risk factors, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, monitoring and survival.
This proposed study was designed to investigate the prevalence of a 5-year incident osteoporotic fracture and evaluate the association of a 5-year change of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D)/bone turnover makers/bone mineral density (BMD) with the incident fracture in the Chinese postmenopausal women, based on an endeavor of a 5-year post-baseline follow-up visit of a previous cross-sectional study, PK-VF, in which 1724 participants were enrolled and examined.
We would like to investigate our hypothesis of a higher prevalence of nasal fracture in the history of idiopathic rhinitis (IR) patients compared to healthy controls. Therefore a retrospective analysis of 310 patients with a nasal fracture in the past would be useful to investigate the incidence of IR in this cohort afterwards (5-10 y later).