The Post-operative Effect of Applying Drainage on Total Knee Arthroplasty

Peking University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Procedure: drainage; Procedure: non-drainage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03365271

PUPHEMS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This multicenter clinical trial aims to investigate the exact effect of drainage use for osteoarthritis patients in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) on post-operative performance.

Full description

This is a multicenter,open-label randomized controlled trail. A total of 100 participants will receive same perioperative treatment schedule, and all surgeries will be carried out by the same surgeon. Among all the participants, 50 patients will be randomly assigned to the experiment group in which a drainage will be applied during the surgery, while another 50 patients will be randomly assigned to the control group without a drainage application in the surgery.Data on perioperative bleeding volume, swelling of lower extremities, pain score will be collected and analysed.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ready to receive single-side TKA
• Be evaluated as ASA 1-2 degree before operation

Exclusion criteria

• coagulation disorder
• peripheral vessel diseases
• contraindication of surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

drainage

Experimental group

Description:

A drainage will be applied in this group.

Treatment:

Procedure: drainage

without drainage

Active Comparator group

Description:

Non-drainage will be applied in this group.

Treatment:

Procedure: non-drainage