# Routine Versus on Demand Removal of the Syndesmotic Screw

> **NCT02896998** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)** · enrollment: 197 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Anke Fracture
- Syndesmotic Injury

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Removal on demand of the syndesmotic screw
- **PROCEDURE:** Routine removal of fhe syndesmotic screw

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02896998
- **Lead sponsor:** Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-01
- **Primary completion:** 2020-05-01
- **Final completion:** 2020-05-01
- **Target enrollment:** 197 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-07-10


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02896998

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02896998, "Routine Versus on Demand Removal of the Syndesmotic Screw". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02896998. Licensed CC0.

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