# Intramedullary Nailing Versus External Fixation in Open Tibia Fractures in Tanzania

> **NCT03861624** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, San Francisco** · enrollment: 240 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Tibial Fractures
- Open Fracture of Tibia
- Trauma

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Intramedullary nailing with standard SIGN nail
- **PROCEDURE:** External Fixation with uniplanar Dispofix external fixator

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03861624
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Francisco
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-12-17
- **Primary completion:** 2017-03-25
- **Final completion:** 2017-03-25
- **Target enrollment:** 240 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-28

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03861624

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03861624, "Intramedullary Nailing Versus External Fixation in Open Tibia Fractures in Tanzania". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03861624. Licensed CC0.

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