Efficacy of Peroperative Suction Drain Usage in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Mert Özcan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chondropathy; Knee Effusion; Knee Hemarthrosis

Treatments: Device: No suction drain; Device: Suction drain

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02752581

TÜTFEK 2008/201

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was designed to investigate efficacy of suction drains in arthroscopic knee surgery, rather than anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. two groups were randomised, and suction drain was applied to one group, and the other group as the control group without a suction drain.

Full description

The groups were compared in terms of patellar shock, knee effusion, knee scoring systems, range of motion, loss of labour, hospitalization time. Also different arthroscopic procedures such as meniscectomy, meniscus repair, synovectomy and microfracture were evaluated in terms of need for a suction drain. The controls was at 1st and 15th day, 6th week and 3rd month.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with knee derangement and accepted to enroll to the study

Exclusion criteria

• intraarticular fracture, ACL surgery, arthrotomy, bleeding disorder,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

Drain Group

Other group

Description:

Suction drain was applied to these patients after arthroscopic knee surgery.

Treatment:

Device: Suction drain

Control Group

Other group

Description:

No suction drain was applied to this group, therefore used as a control group.

Treatment:

Device: No suction drain