Skeletal Versus Cutaneous Traction For Treatment of Femur Fractures
Femur Fracture
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Femur Fracture focused on measuring Pre-operative Traction, Traction, Proximal Femur Fracture, Femoral Fractures, Femoral Fracture, Skeletal Traction, Cutaneous Traction
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient willing to consent
- 18 years of age or older
- Sustained a diaphyseal femur fracture, open or closed
- English competent
- Isolated fracture on that extremity
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pathologic fracture
- Sedated patient
- Polytrauma to same extremity
- Unable or not willing to consent
Sites / Locations
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Cutaneous Traction
Skeletal Traction
Applied by using a strap on boot that attaches to the leg. A rope is attached to the boot. Weight is attached to the rope to use gravity to pull traction. The traction is left in place until patient is taken to surgery for reduction of the femur fracture.
A small incision is made on the inside of the knee and a pin is surgically inserted through the bone. Weights are then attached that will pull traction on the broken femur. This traction pin will stay in until patient is taken to surgery for reduction of the femur fracture.