Postoperative Pain and Blood Loss of Non-use Compared to Partial-use of a Tourniquet in Bilateral Total Knee Replacement (TKA)

Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Thailand

Status

Completed

Conditions

Tourniquet

Pain, Postoperative

Total Knee Replacement

Treatments

Procedure: None tourniquet

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06815445

043/2566

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative pain and blood loss of non-use compared to partial-use of a tourniquet in bilateral total knee replacement: A Randomized- Control Trial This study aimed to compare the effects of non-use (NTU) and partial-use (before osteotomy to skin closure; BOO) of a tourniquet in bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) on postoperative pain and complications.

Full description

Despite numerous meta-analyses, and randomized-control trials (RCTs), there is still no conclusive evidence on the most effective, and efficient method of using a tourniquet.

There is gap of knowledge of method of tourniquet usage. Hence this study will provide the best method to apply tourniquet.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

50+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients with over 50 years of age and diagnosed with bilateral severe knee osteoarthritis undergoing bilateral TKA

Exclusion criteria

patients having undergone previous knee surgery
patients being subject to uncontrolled hypertension, coagulopathy, or recent knee sepsis
patients with an ASA physical status grade > 2,
inability to use patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), such as communication, or cognitive issues, or those patients who were allergic to medications used in the treatment process.