Vitamin c Supplementation in the Prevention of CRPS Following Distal Radius Fractures

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1 is a pain syndrome that develops after a trauma, surgery, or idiopathically. The incidence after distal radius varies significantly in the literature. There are known contributing factors, such as the female sex but no effective treatment or prophylactic method. This study aims to investigate vitamin C's efficacy in preventing CRPS type 1 following distal radius fractures, as the literature states that it might play a role in prophylaxis.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Damascus University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• participants who were injured with distal radius fractures and classified using the AO classification as A1, A2, A3, B1, and C1.

Exclusion Criteria:

• multiple trauma patients. patients who have neurovascular injuries. Patients with fractures are classified using the AO classification as B2, B3, C2, and C3.

Patients who are eligible for open reduction internal fixation of their fractures.

Patients with chronic or acute renal failure. Patients who already take multi-vitamin supplementation or vitamin C supplementation.