A Comparison of Subvastus and Midvastus Approaches in Minimally-Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty

LifeBridge Health

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments: Procedure: mini-midvastus surgical approach for total knee arthroplasty; Procedure: mini-subvastus surgical approach for total knee arthroplasty

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00848133

Bonutti_SV_MV_001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to compare the early clinical outcomes of minimally invasive bilateral subvastus and midvastus approaches for total knee arthroplasty.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with advanced bilateral osteoarthritis of the knee for treatment with total knee arthroplasty
• patients who wish to undergo bilateral total knee arthroplasty as part of a single surgical procedure

Exclusion criteria

• patients who were previously treated with knee arthroplasty

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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51 participants in 2 patient groups

mini-midvastus

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: mini-midvastus surgical approach for total knee arthroplasty

mini-subvastus

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: mini-subvastus surgical approach for total knee arthroplasty