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NCT Number: NCT05522062

Epidemiological Study for Traumatic Humeral Shaft Fractures in Adults

Primary Objective :

To evaluate the incidence of radial nerve palsy for adult patients with humeral shaft fractures

Secondary Objective :

To establish management protocol for traumatic humeral shaft fractures in adults at AUH

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Key information

Conditions

Humerus Shaft Fracture

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Assiut university hospital

Asyut, 71511, Egypt

About this study

Diaphyseal humeral shaft fracture is defined as an extra articular fracture of the humerus with Exclusion of both 5 cm of both upper and lower ends (Muller et al,1990) Within the last Century, many conservative and surgical techniques developed all over the world to solve this problem (Welter D et al, 1991) Conservative treatment was a gold standard since the full research which was published by Sarmiento (Sarmiento, 1977 ) Within the last few decades, with the establishment of osteosynthesis and surgical fixation of long bone which had better outcome in comparison to conservative treatment, it led to a changes in the protocols of treating fractures of the humerus (Muller et al,1990) Within the last decade, with the revolution of biological non anatomical fixation of the humeral shaft fractures, a new era of management was established and became popular all over the highly qualified trauma centres (Balam KM et al, 2014) So, the rational of this work, is to document different surgical strategies of biological fixation of humeral shaft fractures in adults with its results.

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All patients with traumatic humeral shaft fracture more than 16 years old who are admitted in Assiut University Hospital

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with humeral shaft fracture less than 16 years old or patients with pathological humeral shaft fracture

Treatment and study plan

surgical treatment for humerus shaft fracture

Procedure

surgical treatment for humerus shaft fracture

Primary outcomes

  1. To evaluate the occurrence of different patho-anatomic subtypes of humeral shaft fractures and the prevalence of primary radial nerve palsy clinically in patients preoperative and postoperative .

    Time frame: within one year

    To evaluate the occurrence of different patho-anatomic subtypes of humeral shaft fractures and the prevalence of primary radial nerve palsy clinically in patients preoperative and postoperative .

Secondary outcomes

  1. To evaluate the effectiveness of surgical management for the different subtypes by follow up patients postoperative .

    Time frame: within one year

    To evaluate the effectiveness of surgical manag ement for the different subtypes by follow up patients postoperative .

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assiut University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Epidemiological Study for Traumatic Humeral Shaft Fractures in Adults Who Were Admitted to Assiut University Hospital Within One Year

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Aug 30, 2022
Registry last updated
Feb 12, 2024

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