Sub-Vastus Versus Mid-Vastus Arthrotomy for Total Knee Arthroplasty: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tricompartmental Gonarthrosis

Treatments: Procedure: Mid - Vastus arthrotomy; Procedure: Sub-Vastus arthrotomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00925626

2009/256

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized, single-blind trial in which one group of patients will be operated with a "Mid-Vastus approach" of the knee joint and the other group will undergo knee surgery with a "Sub-Vastus approach".

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients diagnosed with osteoarthrosis of the knee
• patients must be in good general health condition

Exclusion criteria

• patients with morbid obesity (BMI >45)
• patients with history of knee surgery, infection or inflammatory disease of the knee joint or large cartilage lesion

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Sub - Vastus arthrotomy

Experimental group

Description:

Sub-vastus arthrotomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Sub-Vastus arthrotomy

Mid-Vastus arthrotomy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Mid-vastus arthrotomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Mid - Vastus arthrotomy