Impact of Different Perioperative Tourniquets on Blood Loss and Surgeon Satisfaction in Total Knee Arthroplasty

University Hospital Bonn (UKB)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments: Device: Adaptive Cuff; Device: VBM Tourniquet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06947655

2024_J

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study investigates the impact of two different perioperative tourniquets with different closing features on operative blood los, surgical field quality and surgeon satisfaction.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inidication for a Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Approval for Surgery by the Department of Anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Open Wounds of the lower extremities
• Acute or chronic infections of the lower extremities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The active control group receives a standarized FDA approved perioperative tourniquet (VBM-Tourniquet, VBM Medical, Sulz, Germany).

Treatment:

Device: VBM Tourniquet

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention groups receives a standarized, FDA-approved perioperative tourniquet (Adaptive Cuff, Delfi Medical Innovations Inc., Vancouver, Canada).

Treatment:

Device: Adaptive Cuff