Approach Modification for Total Knee Arthroplasty in Morbidly Obese Patients

Ain Shams University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Obesity, Morbid; Incision, Surgical; Arthropathy

Treatments: Procedure: Small curved incision with apex lateral

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05840705

54321askay

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study provides a detailed description of a smaller incision with better visualization in total knee arthroplasty operations

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Morbid obese patients with body mass index more than 45 requiring total knee arthroplasty for any cause

Exclusion criteria

• candidates not meeting the inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Total knee arthroplasty

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Small curved incision with apex lateral