Review on Minimally Invasive Skin Incision in Vanguard PS Artificial Knee Joint System

Zimmer Biomet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gonarthrosis Patients Who Need Artificial Knee Joint Total Replacement

Treatments: Procedure: Incision technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01010828

JP12

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will show whether Tri-Vector method can ensure more extensive visual field and conduct the precise surgery when compared with Mini Mid-Vastus method by conducting 2 types of skin incision approach, Tri-Vector for 36 patients or Mini-Mid Vastus for 36 patients in Vanguard PS artificial knee joint total replacement observational period before and during surgery.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients who need artificial knee joint replacement in ordinary medical consultation are selected as the subjects.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with infections such as osteomyelitis, or sepsis (Because the affected part is lesioned, excellent surgical results cannot be obtained.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Tri-Vector Approach

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Incision technique

Procedure: Incision technique

Mini Mid-Vastus Approach

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Incision technique

Procedure: Incision technique