Positioning for Hip Arthroscopic Surgery to Reduce Postoperative Numbness

Northwestern University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hip Injuries; Hip Strain; Hip Osteoarthritis; Hip Sprain

Treatments: Device: The Pink Pad Hip Kit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05038709

STU00214620

Details and patient eligibility

About

Compared to the knee and shoulder, the hip joint leaves relatively little space to maneuver arthroscopic instruments and camera. To expand the potential space in the hip joint, traction is commonly applied to the operative leg through a perineal post. This is an effective technique to improve the working space for arthroscopy, however it has been associated with complications, including perineal numbness. Traction pads, used alone or with a perineal post, can reduce pressure on the perineal area, thus reducing numbness. The investigators hypothesize that positioning hip arthroscopy patients using a traction pad on a standard traction table with a perineal post will reduce the incidence and duration of postoperative perineal numbness.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 88 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients presenting to Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) or to a Northwestern orthopaedic surgery faculty member's clinic undergoing hip arthroscopy
• Ability to read and speak English

Exclusion criteria

• Revision surgery
• Oncologic surgery
• Use of regional anesthesia
• Arthroscopic hip surgery that involves procedures other than labral repair, acetabuloplasty, CAM-plasty, IT band windowing, Iliopsoas lengthening

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Pink Pad

Experimental group

Description:

Hip arthroscopy using The Pink Pad Hip Kit Patient Positioning System (Xodus Medical, New Kensington, PA). The pad is placed between the patient and the traction table, using a perineal post.

Treatment:

Device: The Pink Pad Hip Kit

Control (No pad)

No Intervention group

Description:

Hip arthroscopy in the usual fashion, no pad, using traction table with perineal post.