Open Pilon Fractures Clinical Trial
Official title:
Natural History and Functional Outcome of Operatively Treated Open Pilon Fractures
A chart review will be performed to extrapolate information including sex, height, weight, date/time admitted to HMC, injury data, comorbidities, fracture pattern, antibiotic usage, surgical history, wound history, fracture healing, and length of time to return to work. Dr.'s Goodspeed and Reid will conduct a radiographic review independently for each subject, classifying all fractures according to the Orthopaedic Trauma Association classification guide. If a discrepancy in classification is found, then both will discuss together and come to a consensus.
After patients are identified with the Orthopaedic Surgical Database, letters will be sent
to those patients who meet inclusion/exclusion criteria informing them of the study and that
they will be contacted by the research associate in 1-2 weeks. The research associate will
telephone the patient to discuss the study and answer any questions they may have. Dr.
Goodspeed will also be available to answer any questions. The research associate with obtain
verbal consent and proceed by asking questions from the Short Musculoskeletal Function
Assessment Injury and Arthritis Survey, and the Foot and Ankle Outcomes Questionnaire. The
medical student will then perform a chart review to extrapolate information including sex,
height, weight, date/time admitted to HMC, injury data, comorbidities, fracture pattern,
antibiotic usage, surgical history, wound history, fracture healing, and length of time to
return to work. Dr.'s Goodspeed and Reid will conduct a radiographic review independently
for each subject, classifying all fractures according to the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
classification guide. If a discrepancy in classification is found, then both will discuss
together and come to a consensus.
Functional outcomes data will be measured by the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment
Injury and Arthritis Survey and the Foot and Ankle Outcomes Questionnaire. Radiographic
Classifications will be determined according to the Orthopaedic Trauma Association's
classification guide.
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