U.S., Feb. 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06810908) titled 'Risk Factors for Treatment Failure in Humeral Shaft Fractures' on Jan. 24.
Brief Summary: INTRODUCTION Humeral shaft fractures can be treated either nonsurgically or surgically with good and comparable outcomes at one year. However, up to 30% of nonsurgically treated patients have problems with the fracture healing leading to later surgery. The functional outcomes in these patients undergoing later surgery are inferior to those who heal uneventfully with the primary treatment. Although surgically treated patients have significantly less problems with fracture union compared with nonsurgically treated patients, they have elevated risk...