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Primary Subtalar Arthrodesis for Calcaneal Fractures

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorWake Forest University Health Sciences
Started2024-09-02
Est. completion2026-12
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations14 sites
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NCT06249126

Summary

Management of severe injuries to the heel (displaced intra-articular calcaneus fractures) continues to be a major challenge for orthopedic surgeons. Previous studies have demonstrated poor outcomes, and results show that patients experience long-term pain and decreased quality of life postoperatively. Poor outcomes are driven by pain, in particular, which is linked to post-traumatic subtalar arthritis.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Undergoing operative treatment for displaced intra-articular calcaneus fracture
* Sanders III and IV displaced intra-articular calcaneus fracture OR Sanders II with any of the following criteria: Bohler angle \< 0 degrees, open fracture, pain syndrome, substance use disorder
* Age 18 or older
* Able to follow up at site for 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Planned surgery using extensile lateral approach
* Sanders II displaced intra-articular calcaneus fracture without: Bohler angle \< 0 degrees, open fracture, pain syndrome, or substance
* \<18 years of age
* Body Mass Index (BMI) \>40
* Unable to follow up at site for 1 year
* Patients that speak neither English or Spanish
* Prisoner

Conditions2

ArthritisCalcaneus Fracture

Locations14 sites

Emory University, Grady Memorial Research Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30303
Morgan Fuller404-251-8953Mrfulle@emory.edu
Atrium Health Navicent
Macon, Georgia, 31201
Jarrod Dumpe, MD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, 40536
Paul Matuszewski, MD859-323-5533pmatuszewski@uky.edu
Louisiana State University - University Medical Center New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112
Carolyn Bridgman
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201
Mark Gage, MD

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