Is Second Knee at Risk During Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Bezmialem Vakif University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infection; Periprosthetic Fracture Around Prosthetic Joint Implant; Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Procedure: First Arthroplasty; Procedure: Second Arthroplasty

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04367272

27.04.2020-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effects of single-team simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty on peri- and postoperative complications are clear. The investigators hypothesized that second knee at risk during single-team simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty and have more early postoperative complication rates than the first knee. Therefore, this prospective study compared minor and major local complications for 90 days postoperatively between the first and second during knee single-team simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

Full description

The investigators would like to compare operation related technical complications and periprosthetic joint infection rate between the first and second knee.

Enrollment: 163 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary bilateral knee osteoarthritis with refractory to conservative treatment
• Patients who accept participation in the research and the randomization

Exclusion criteria

• no history of malignancy
• less than 75 years old
• severe cardiac insufficiency and morbid obesity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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163 participants in 2 patient groups

First Knee

Active Comparator group

Description:

The first knee is the knee where the surgery will begin to be applied.

Treatment:

Procedure: First Arthroplasty

Second Knee

Experimental group

Description:

The second knee is the knee where the surgeon will apply secondly.

Treatment:

Procedure: Second Arthroplasty