3D Planned Surgery of Acute Fractures Performed With 3D Guides Printed at the Point of Care

Fracture Femur Clinical Trial

— 3DFRG  

Official title:

3D Planned Surgery of Acute Fractures Performed With 3D Guides Printed at the Point of Care - a Prospective Case Series

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05741892
• Other study ID #: 5364
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
• Contact: Hecker Andreas, MD
• Phone: 031 632 21 11
• Email: andreas.hecker[@]insel.ch
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the accuracy of fracture reduction performed with surgical guides designed and 3D printed at the point of care in comminuted fractures of femur- and tibia-shaft.

Description:

The 3D planning of surgeries and their execution with 3D printed templates adapted to the individual patient is an established procedure for elective surgeries such as corrective osteotomies for mal-united fractures. Currently, the planning and production of 3D templates are performed mainly by external companies. The duration until delivery usually exceeds four weeks. Therefore, it is not possible to use them in acute cases (e.g. acute fractures) that need to be treated surgically within a few days.

The most frequent postoperative deformity in long bone shaft fractures is malrotation. In femoral fractures, clinically relevant rotational errors (>15°) occur in up to 40% of cases after surgical treatment, which either results in a poor clinical outcome or requires revision surgery. In tibial diaphyseal fractures, up to 50% of rotational errors have been reported. The higher the degree of comminution the higher the chances of malrotation postoperatively. Due to the comminuted situation, no reliable bony references exist intraoperatively and the surgeon can only estimate the correct length, axis and, rotation based on the contralateral leg. This ultimately leads to a high number of revision surgeries or poor outcomes. Porcine and human cadaveric feasibility studies conducted by the study team utilizing site 3D planned and printed reduction guides showed excellent accuracy of fracture reduction.

This project aims to apply this technique to the clinical setting by conducting a clinical study. The accuracy of 3D planned surgery performed with surgical guides designed and printed at the point of care will be assessed and the complication rate will be compared to the known literature.

It was hypothesized that the mean deviation between the measured postoperative rotational alignment and planned rotation alignment in patients treated for comminuted fractures of femur- and tibia-shaft treated using 3D printed reposition guides will be less than 5°. Additionally, it was hypothesized that the rate of clinically relevant deviations between postoperative rotational alignment (e.g. 15°) and planned rotation in patients treated for comminuted fractures of femur- and tibia-shaft treated using 3D printed reposition guides will be less than 10%.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• Age between 18 and 99 years

• Comminuted shaft fracture of tibia or femur

• Intact contralateral tibia or femur

• Patient willing to participate and sign the informed consent

• Clear indication of surgical treatment

Exclusion criteria:

• Refusal to sign the informed consent

• Abnormal contralateral bony anatomy (previous surgeries, poliomyelitis, previous injury, implants)

• Pregnancy

• Acute tumor or previous tumor disease

• Acute infection

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fracture Femur
• Fractures, Bone
• Fractures, Comminuted

Intervention

Device:
• Fracture reposition with 3D printed patient specific repositions guides
Comminuted tibial- or/and femur shaft fractures will be treated using 3D printed patient-specific repositions guides.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Universitätsklinik für Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie	Bern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Rotational deviation (Axial plane deviation) in degree	Planned rotational alignment versus postoperative rotational alignment.	Between 1 to 7 days postoperative, depending on the patients status
Secondary	Length deviation in mm	Planed length versus postoperative length	Between 1 to 7 days postoperative, depending on the patients status
Secondary	Frontal plane deviation in degree	Planned varus/valgus alignment versus postoperative varus/valgus alignment	Between 1 to 7 days postoperative, depending on the patients status
Secondary	Sagittal plane deviation in degree	Planned flexion/extension of the proximal and distal fracture fragments compared to the postoperative position.	Between 1 to 7 days postoperative, depending on the patients status