# A Comparison of Steel and Bioabsorbable Screw Fixation of Lisfranc Foot Injuries

> **NCT00689962** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Rothman Institute Orthopaedics** · enrollment: 50 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Joint Instability

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Linvatec 4.5 mm Smart Screw
- **DEVICE:** Synthes 4.0 mm steel screw

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00689962
- **Lead sponsor:** Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-07
- **Primary completion:** 2016-07
- **Final completion:** 2016-07
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00689962

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00689962, "A Comparison of Steel and Bioabsorbable Screw Fixation of Lisfranc Foot Injuries". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00689962. Licensed CC0.

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