Retrograde intramedullary nail fixation compared with fixed-angle plate fixation for fracture of the distal femur: the TrAFFix feasibility RCT

Griffin, Xavier L; Costa, Matthew L; Phelps, Emma; Parsons, Nicholas; Dritsaki, Melina; Png, May Ee; Achten, Juul; Tutton, Elizabeth; Lerner, Robin; McGibbon, Alwin; Baird, Janis

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This feasibility study had a lower than expected recruitment rate, identified the surgeon-related factors contributing to that, and proposed a modified protocol for a full trial.

Xavier L Griffin , Matthew L Costa , Emma Phelps , Nicholas Parsons , Melina Dritsaki , May Ee Png , Juul Achten , Elizabeth Tutton , Robin Lerner , Alwin McGibbon & Janis Baird .

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Xavier L Griffin ^1,^2,^*, Matthew L Costa ^1,², Emma Phelps ¹, Nicholas Parsons ³, Melina Dritsaki ⁴, May Ee Png ⁴, Juul Achten ¹, Elizabeth Tutton ^2,⁵, Robin Lerner ¹, Alwin McGibbon ⁶, Janis Baird ^7,⁸

¹ Oxford Trauma, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), Kadoorie Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
² Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
³ Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
⁴ Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
⁵ Warwick Research in Nursing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
⁶ Patient and public representative, Coventry, UK
⁷ Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
⁸ National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: xavier.griffin@ndorms.ox.ac.uk

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