Ongoing Orthopædic Trauma Research

Below is a list of ongoing research studies.

Enrolling

• Humerus shaft study – ORIF vs. Non-operative management
• INSITE – Intramedullary Nail versus Sliding Hip Screw Inter-Trochanteric Evaluation
• Distal clavicle study – ORIF vs. Non-operative management
• Flail Chest study – ORIF of rib fractures vs. non-operative management
• Ulnar nerve transposition RCT after ORIF of supracondylar humerus fractures
• Far Cortical Locking for locked plate fixation of distal femur fractures RCT

Awaiting Ethics

• Non-fracture needs of fracture patients – pilot study

Not Enrolling

• FLOW – Fluid Lavage of Open Fractures
  Congratulations to our residents and research staff for making Winnipeg the top enrolling site in Canada!
• SPOR – Simplified Post-Operative Radiograph protocol pilot study
  We demonstrated a 22 minute reduction in patient time spent in clinic and 85$ savings in x-ray costs in the first 6 weeks post-op