Active clinical trials for "Spinal Fractures"

Rationale: There is no evidence in the current literature regarding the additional value of an orthosis after surgically treated thoracolumbar spine fractures. Objective: To assess whether an orthosis provides additional pain relief compared to no orthosis after posteriorly fixated thoracolumbar spine fractures. Primary outcome is difference in pain at six weeks post-operatively. Secondary objectives are pain at other moments, pain medication used, pain related disability, quality of life, long-term kyphosis, possible complications, hospital stay, return to work and subjective feeling on benefit or disadvantage from the orthosis. Study design: Randomized controlled intervention study, non-inferiority trial. Study population: Dutch speaking patients presented at the VU university medical centre, 18 - 65 years old with a traumatic thoracolumbar spine fracture from Th7 - L4 surgically treated by posterior fixation. Intervention: One group receives standard care and wears an orthosis after surgery for 12 weeks, to use when in vertical position. The intervention group does not wear an orthosis after surgery. Main study parameters/endpoints: Main study outcome is the difference in pain noted on the NRS-score at six weeks, ≥ 2 (SD 2,5) change corresponds with a clinically significant change in pain score. Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: The current guideline for postoperative care regarding dorsal stabilization of spine fractures recommends the use of a post-operative orthosis. While patients generally receive an orthosis for 12 weeks, individual surgeon's believes sometimes gives reason to deviate from this guideline. This is founded by literature that increasingly questions the use of orthoses in the conservative treatment of spine fractures. With the fracture operatively stabilized, the orthosis mainly provides support of gesture and thereby potentially results in pain relief and confidence for patients. On the other hand some patients have a hard time weaning from the orthosis or report discomfort due to the device and prefer not to use it. With subjects being randomized between the use of an orthosis or no orthosis there is no additional risk. This is in part because it is hypothesized that there is no difference in postoperative pain and there might be a lower risk of complications related to the orthosis.

A prospective study to determine how low bone mineral density and/or vertebral compression fractures associate with pain in adults with sickle cell disease

Multicenter Post market clinical follow-up Study on the Safety and Performance of Ennovate® Cervical - Prospective, pure data collection of all Ennovate Cervical patients in Total Indications

Unplanned re-operation is one of the common negative indicators reflecting the quality and safety of surgery in the medical industry and has become one of the ten goals for the improvement of national medical quality and safety in China since 2022, while about 40% of unplanned re-operations in Peking University Third Hospital in recent years occur in spine patients of the orthopedics department. This project intends to establish a high-quality and sustainable ambispective disease cohort for spine surgery in Peking University Third Hospital based on the unplanned re-operations that occurred in the Orthopedics Department of Peking University Third Hospital from January 2012 to December 2025. The investigators further summarize and analyze clinical causes and risk factors of re-operations, aiming to explore scientific coping strategies and provide reference for continuous improvement of medical service quality.

International, prospective, single arm, multicenter and observational Post-Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF). The overall objective of this study is to collect preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative (at 9 weeks, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years) data on the clinical complications and functional outcomes of the study devices to demonstrate safety and performance in a real-world setting. The primary objective is to demonstrate that the use of the study devices is safe. The secondary objective is to demonstrate that the use of the study devices decreases the pain, and improves the quality of life and the daily activities of the subjects.

Study is a prospective observational, performed in the context of normal clinical practice, of patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures identified as candidates for kyphoplasty treatment with porous trabecular titanium microspheres (see whether to put commercial name and company). The study does not involve any interference with the patient's diagnostic-therapeutic course The objective of the study is the clinical-radiological evaluation of the efficacy of kyphoplasty treatment with trabecular porous titanium spheres in terms of pain control and reduction of kyphotic deformity following fracture. Further evaluation of the safety of the treatment in terms of absence of intraoperative adverse events and material-related toxicity.

the main aim of this study is to evaluate the results of performing minimally invasive surgical management for cases with traumatic spinopelvic instability and spinopelvic dissociation. This will include using percutaneous pedicle and S2 alar iliac screws, minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and transtubular posterior decompression.

Patients at the age of 50 or older presenting with thoracolumbar fractures including segments TH 6-L5 and A3/A4 fractures according to the AO Spine fracture classification after the acute trauma and planned surgery within 3 weeks following trauma will be asked to participate in a randomized trial in which they will receive either Calciumphosphate (CaP) or Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) as part of a standardized treatment approach. Regardless of the group patients are randomized to, all participating patients undergo the same surgical procedure except for the preparation and administration of bone cement. The study participation period for each patient is 1 year from the date of the surgery and includes 4 defined time points that include follow-up clinical visits for imaging and progress checks at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery. At each follow-up visit, a combination of questionnaires and radiological imaging will be performed to assess general health status, disability level and pain control, as well as objective results of the surgery. The main outcome measure will be the loss of correction rate that will be measured through the bi-segmental COBB angle presented in the CT-scan.

Postoperative pain is often severe in patients undergoing lumbar surgery. Due to postoperative pain, patients are unwilling to get out of bed at an early stage, which affects their recovery. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) as a new trunk fascia block technique was proposed in 2016. ESPB has aroused the interest of many nerve block experts. The benefits of ESPB are not yet demonstrated. The specific mechanism is still controversial. The erector spinae block is achieved by injecting the local anesthetic solution (with possible adjuvants) between the erector spinae muscles (iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis/ from lateral to medial) and the transverse process . The technique is performed under ultrasound guidance.

A prospective multicenter observational study, led by Dr. Katie Russell of Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, that will examine the sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values of CT scan and plain films in diagnosing cervical spine injury that requires treatment. This study is funded by the Primary Children's Hospital foundation.