Clinical Trial: Ankle Fracture Treatment in the Elderly

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Ankle Fracture Treatment in the Elderly, at Risk Population

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to track surgical outcomes and post-operative course in patients 55 years of age or older treated for ankle fractures.

Detailed Summary: This study seeks to describe and track surgical outcomes associated with the use of a minimally invasive surgical technique used to treat ankle fractures in at-risk patients 55 years of age or older
Sponsor: University of Florida

Current Primary Outcome: Status of Fracture Union [ Time Frame: Post-operatively until documentation of fracture healing, assessed up to seven months following surgery. ]

Retrospective records review tracking ankle fractures post-operatively until fracture heals.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Post-operative Complications [ Time Frame: Post-operatively until documentation that complications resolved, assessed up to seven months following surgery. ]

Retrospective record review tracking complications post-operatively until resolved.


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: University of Florida

Dates:
Date Received: September 26, 2011
Date Started: March 2011
Date Completion: June 2017
Last Updated: December 23, 2016
Last Verified: December 2016