The Subvastus Approach in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Treatments

Procedure: Surgical approach for total knee arthroplasty

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00346788

CDHA-RL-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if the observed benefits of minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty, namely decreased hospital stay and increased range of motion, can be achieved with standard knee arthroplasty using the subvastus approach.

Enrollment

126 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

You are willing to take part in the study, including signing this form after carefully reading it.
You are available for follow-up for a minimum of 24 months (2 years).
You have no medical conditions that prevent you from having surgery.
This is the primary (first) knee replacement for this knee
You are fluent in English and are able to understand your responsibilities in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Active, local or systemic infection
Fibromyalgia or other chronic pain syndrome
Inability to follow the study requirements
Had this knee replaced before
Had a previous surgery on this knee that would interfere with the MIS approach (examples are femoral-femoral bypass, femoral-popliteal bypass, and quadricepsplasty)
Body Mass Index (BMI) > 35, as you would not be eligible for the MIS approach.