Active clinical trials for "Rupture"

Objective of this registry is to collect a representative set of real world data on the use of Dilapan-S® for pre-induction cervical ripening in daily clinical practice. Upon completion of the registry, relevant collected data will be analyzed and published.

Breast implants, like all implantable medical devices, are subject to wear and tear as they age in the body. In addition to this wear and tear, they are subject to external trauma, whether accidental during daily life, during insertion or during mammography. The kinetics and mechanisms of aging are poorly studied and the phenomenon of implant rupture is not elucidated. However, studies of older generation implants have shown that implant rupture is correlated with the duration of implantation.

To monitor the quality of health care systems, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) should be collected and analyzed before and after medical interventions. The development of information technology and software along with an exponential increase in the use of the Internet now allows new modalities for collecting PROMs. Online survey has become one of the most popular methods of data collection. tHE hypothesis is that providing a "brace cold therapy" to patients undergoing knees surgeries will generate an increasing in Response Rate to Online surveys.

Background Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are one of the most common sporting injuries of the knee. ACL reconstruction (ACLR) has become one of the most common surgical procedures in an attempt to increase joint stability and facilitate athletes to return to sport (RTS). Although ACLR is considered a relatively successful procedure, dynamic control risk factors and strength and power deficits in the involved limb are still present after patients return to sport. Dynamic multi-plane, multi-joint actions such as jumping, landing, change of direction cutting, have been shown to be common mechanisms of injury for the ACL in field sports . Returning to multidirectional sports requires a proficiency and efficiency of movement when carrying out these tasks. There is a lack of standardized, objective criteria to accurately assess an athlete's ability to safely RTS. Therefore, there is a need for research that simultaneously analyses sport specific dynamic tasks (3D motion analysis) and muscular strength/power deficits that may explain poor outcomes following ACLR. This study aims to further investigate movement patterns, limb asymmetry and muscle strength deficit in patients post-surgery to identify risk factors for re-injury and criteria for RTS. The purpose of this study was to: Analyse kinematic (movement descriptors) and kinetic (forces that cause movement) during sports specific dynamic tasks at different time-points (6 and 9 months) following ACLR. To explore the association of those findings with those who re-injure, those who have persistent knee pain or with those who fail to return to sport. To compare the ACLR participants with age and gender matched healthy multidirectional athletes. It is hypothesised that biomechanical analysis will identify clear risk factors for poor outcomes following ACLR. Analysis of ACLR athletes' biomechanics during sports specific tasks will aid in the identification of athletes who are not yet ready to return to sport and will inform the clinician of what must be targeted in specific rehabilitation protocols before return to sport is considered. Brief protocol Participants will be recruited from patients who are scheduled to undergo anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at the Sports Surgery Clinic, Ireland. Healthy participants will be recruited from local multidirectional teams. Participation will be voluntary and after obtaining informed consent patients will be asked to complete pre-operative questionnaires to ascertain injury information, and the function of their knee. During surgery the surgeon will fill out an intra-operative questionnaire. Items recorded will include graft type, laxity, involvement of other ligamentous structures, type of femoral and tibial fixation, meniscal or chondral pathology. Biomechanical assessment takes place at 6 and 9 months post surgery for the ACL group while the healthy participants will be tested on one occasion. The 3D testing session will include capturing of jumping, landing, hopping and cutting mechanics through the use of three dimensional motion capture technology and force plates. Here reflective markers are placed on the skin at anatomical landmarks. These markers are picked up by the infrared cameras and tracked at 200 frames per second. Participants will make contact with a force plate with their foot on undertaking the movements. Force and marker data will be combined to calculate joint angles and moments. Participants will also perform a muscle strength test using equipment called an isokinetic dynamometer. Both the operated and non-operated limbs will be tested. Participants will also be asked to fill out validated questionnaires to monitor self reported knee function, their confidence in their knee and also collect data on any continuing adverse symptoms such as locking, giving way, swelling or pain. Participants will also be asked if and when they return to sport. Questionnaires will be administered to participants at pre-op, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 months, 5 and 10 years post operatively.

The purpose of the present study is to measure whether a new technique of double row suturing of a ruptured Achilles tendon will result in a normalization of the length of the Soleus part (primary outcome) and of the superficial Gastrocnemius part of the tendon (secondary outcome) one-week post-operative. Results will be compared to that of a participants group that underwent the same operation but with a standard operative technique and the same rehabilitation regime recently completed (NCT04263493). The investigators hypothesize that the new suturing technique will result in an elongation of the Soleus part of the Achilles tendon (primary outcome) by 8.9 mm or less relative to the uninjured contralateral side one week (primary endpoint) after surgery compared to retrospective data from a recently completed randomized controlled trial

The main purpose of this study is to define the complex genetic and pathogenic basis of thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and other forms of aortopathy and/or aortic valve disease by identifying novel disease-causing genes and by identifying important genetic modifiers for aortic and aortic valve disease severity.

Proximal hamstring rupture is a rare injury, which may be immediately diagnosed. In 1996, Sallay showed that functional results of surgical repair were better than those of conservative treatment. Surgery is now the rule. The main aim of this study is to obtain a more detailed and quantified description of the postoperative outcomes.

The primary purpose of this study is to assess whether lumbar spine surgery patients with dura rupture differ in symptom prevalence and severity from other lumbar spine surgery patients in the early postoperative phase. This is in order to develop a symptom-specific mobilization algorithm (DURAMOB) that can be used to assess whether patients with dura rupture safe can be mobilized earlier after lumbar back surgery to prevent bed rest complications

Unrecognized abdominal and pelvic injuries can result in catastrophic disability and death. Sporadic reports of "occult" injuries have generated concern, and physicians, fearing that they may miss such an injury, have adopted the practice of obtaining computed tomography on virtually all patients with significant blunt trauma. This practice exposes large numbers patients to dangerous radiation at considerable expense, while detecting injuries in a small minority of cases. Existing data suggest that a limited number of criteria can reliably identify blunt injury victims who have "no risk" of abdominal or pelvic injuries, and hence no need for computed tomography (CT), without misidentifying any injured patient. It is estimated that nationwide implementation of such criteria could result in an annual reduction in radiographic charges of $75 million, and a significant decrease in radiation exposure and radiation induced malignancies. This study seeks to determine whether "low risk" criteria can reliably identify patients who have sustained significant abdominal or pelvic injuries and safely decrease CT imaging of blunt trauma patients. This goal will be accomplished in the following manner: All blunt trauma victims undergoing computed tomography of the abdomen/pelvis in the emergency department will undergo routine clinical evaluations prior to radiographic imaging. Based on these examinations, the presence or absence of specific clinical findings (i.e. abdominal/pelvic/flank pain, abdominal/pelvic/flank tenderness, bruising abrasions, distention, hip pain, hematuria, hypotension, tachycardia, low or falling hematocrit, intoxication, altered sensorium, distracting injury, positive FAST imaging, dangerous mechanism, abnormal x-ray imaging) will be recorded for each patient, as will the presence or absence of abdominal or pelvic injuries. The clinical findings will serve as potential imaging criteria. At the completion of the derivation portion of the study the criteria will be examined to find a subset that predicts injury with high sensitivity, while simultaneously excluding injury, and hence the need for imaging, in the remaining patients. These criteria will then be confirmed in a separate validation phase of the study. The criteria will be considered to be reliable if the lower statistical confidence limit for the measured sensitivity exceeds 98.0%. Potential reductions in CT imaging will be estimated by determining the proportion of "low-risk" patients that do not have significant abdominal or pelvic injuries.

Rotator cuff tears can usually be repaired with excellent results, however some chronic, extensive rotator cuff tears are not reparable secondary to tendon retraction with inelasticity, muscle atrophy, and fatty infiltration. Arthroscopic superior capsular reconstruction (SCR) utilizing allograft or autograft tissue has been shown to restore superior glenohumeral stability and function of the shoulder joint in patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears. Grafts utilized for SCR have included fascia lata, hamstring autograft, human acellular dermal tissue matrix (HADTM), and acellular porcine dermal xenograft. Due to donor morbidity associated with autografts and the graft rejection potential of xenograft, HADTM has become a common graft of choice for SCR. The purpose of this study is to determine if patients treated with SCR using AlloMend have acceptable clinical and anatomic outcomes.