Percutaneous Tenotomy of the Toe Flexor Tendon is a Simple and Efficient Method in Treating Checkrein Deformity

Claw Toe Clinical Trial

Official title:

Percutaneous Tenotomy of the Toe Flexor Tendon is a Simple and Efficient Method in Treating Checkrein Deformity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01725893
• Other study ID #: 201202038RIC
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 25, 2012
• Last updated: November 13, 2012
• Start date: March 2012
• Est. completion date: March 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2012
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: Jin-Tzer Ho, M.D
• Phone: 886 2 23123456
• Email: herginger[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Research Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Checkrein deformity represents a dynamic claw toe deformity. Surgical intervention is the treatment of choice and many methods have been proposed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the outcomes and complications of percutaneous segmental tenotomy of the toe flexor tendons.

Description:

The investigators reviewed fourteen patients with checkrein deformity who underwent surgery in our hospital between 1993 and 2010. Five patients received FHL and flexor digitorum longus (FDL) tenolysis at the musculotendinous junction; among them, two also underwent Z-plasty lengthening of the FHL tendon. Nine patients underwent percutaneous segmental toe flexor tenotomy. The Hallux Metatarsophalangeal- Interphalangeal Scale (Hallux MTP-IP scale) and Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS), English version LK1.0 self-explanatory questionnaire were used to evaluate the functional outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 14
• Est. completion date: March 2013
• Est. primary completion date: January 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 73 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with checkrein deformity who underwent surgery in our hospital between 1993 and 2010.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who had static or rigid claw toe deformity

• Patients who had claw toe deformity secondary to neuromuscular disease

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Claw Toe

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

References & Publications (1)

Lee HS, Kim JS, Park SS, Lee DH, Park JM, Wapner KL. Treatment of checkrein deformity of the hallux. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008 Aug;90(8):1055-8. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B8.20563. — View Citation