Closed Fracture Dislocation, Tarsometatarsal Joint Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Fixation Insitu Versus Removal for Midfoot Lisfranc Injuries
This study is a multicenter prospective randomized control trial comparing hardware retention (HR) to removal of hardware (RH).
Eligible patients will be randomized to one of two treatment arms: Hardware removal at 6 months or Hardware retention for a minimum of 2 years. Consenting patients having previously undergone open reduction and internal fixation of Lisfranc injuries with an anatomic reconstruction within 6-8 weeks will be randomized to one of two treatment arms: removal hardware (RH) or hardware retention (HR). Outcome will be assessed at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years from enrollment. ;