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Differences in gait analysis and clinical outcome after TightRope® or screw fixation in acute syndesmosis rupture: Study protocol for a prospective randomized pilot study
Julian Doll
UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg Department Orthopadie Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-3493
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Background: Ankle sprains and fractures are most common injuries in orthopedic and trauma surgery. The concurrent occurrence of syndesmosis ruptures in these injuries represents a more complex problem, as they often remain undetected.
A proper and accurate treatment of injuries of the syndesmosis, both isolated and combined with fractures, is necessary to avoid long-term consequences (chronic instability, cartilage damage and post-traumatic osteoarthritis). The most popular treatment option is a static screw fixation and the newly developed dynamic TightRope® (Arthrex, Naples, FL, USA).
The aim of this pilot study is to compare monitor ankle range of motion and maximum ankle power in gait as functional outcome parameters of instrumented gait analysis, as well as clinical and radiographic outcome for assessing the stabilization of acute syndesmosis rupture with either a static implant (a 3.5mm metallic screw) or a dynamic device (TightRope®).
Methods: This prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical trial will be carried out at the Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury of the University Hospital Heidelberg. Adult patients, who suffer from an acute syndesmosis rupture, both isolated and in combination with fractures of the lateral malleolus (Weber C and Maisonneuve fractures) and who are undergoing surgery at our trauma center will be included in our study. The patients will be randomized to the different treatment options (screw fixation or “TightRope®”). Subsequent to the surgical treatment, all patients will receive the same standardized follow-up procedures including a gait analysis and MRI of the ankle at 6 months follow-up.
The primary endpoint of the study is the successful healing of the syndesmosis and biomechanical investigation with gait analysis.
Discussion: The results of the gait analysis from the current study will help to impartially and reliably evaluate the clinical and biomechanical outcome of both treatment options of acute syndesmosis ruptures. We hypothesize that the dynamic fixation provides an equivalent or better biomechanical, clinical and radiographic outcome in comparison to the screw fixation.
Trial registration:
German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS), ID: DRKS00013562, registered on 07.12.2017.
Keywords
syndesmosis rupture, TightRope®, syndesmotic screw fixation, gait analysis
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Differences in gait analysis and clinical outcome after TightRope® or screw fixation in acute syndesmosis rupture: Study protocol for a prospective randomized pilot study
Julian Doll
UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg Department Orthopadie Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-3493
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Editor assigned
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Background: Ankle sprains and fractures are most common injuries in orthopedic and trauma surgery. The concurrent occurrence of syndesmosis ruptures in these injuries represents a more complex problem, as they often remain undetected.
A proper and accurate treatment of injuries of the syndesmosis, both isolated and combined with fractures, is necessary to avoid long-term consequences (chronic instability, cartilage damage and post-traumatic osteoarthritis). The most popular treatment option is a static screw fixation and the newly developed dynamic TightRope® (Arthrex, Naples, FL, USA).
The aim of this pilot study is to compare monitor ankle range of motion and maximum ankle power in gait as functional outcome parameters of instrumented gait analysis, as well as clinical and radiographic outcome for assessing the stabilization of acute syndesmosis rupture with either a static implant (a 3.5mm metallic screw) or a dynamic device (TightRope®).
Methods: This prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical trial will be carried out at the Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury of the University Hospital Heidelberg. Adult patients, who suffer from an acute syndesmosis rupture, both isolated and in combination with fractures of the lateral malleolus (Weber C and Maisonneuve fractures) and who are undergoing surgery at our trauma center will be included in our study. The patients will be randomized to the different treatment options (screw fixation or “TightRope®”). Subsequent to the surgical treatment, all patients will receive the same standardized follow-up procedures including a gait analysis and MRI of the ankle at 6 months follow-up.
The primary endpoint of the study is the successful healing of the syndesmosis and biomechanical investigation with gait analysis.
Discussion: The results of the gait analysis from the current study will help to impartially and reliably evaluate the clinical and biomechanical outcome of both treatment options of acute syndesmosis ruptures. We hypothesize that the dynamic fixation provides an equivalent or better biomechanical, clinical and radiographic outcome in comparison to the screw fixation.
Trial registration:
German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS), ID: DRKS00013562, registered on 07.12.2017.
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