Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01736644
Bipolar Sealer Aquamantys Use in Total Knee Replacement
A Prospective Randomized Control Trial to Compare the Aquamantys System With Standard Electrocautery in Reducing Blood Loss in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 97 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Surgical Technologies · Industry
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study will compare the clinical outcomes for patients undergoing a total knee replacement using a bipolar sealer, the Aquamantys® System, as compared to standard electrocautery. Total blood loss during the hospital stay and knee mobility and discharge factors will be analyzed.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Electrocautery | Use of electrocautery in tourniquet and tourniquetless total knee replacement surgery |
| DEVICE | Bipolar sealer Aquamantys | Aquamantys use in tourniquet and tourniquetless total knee replacement. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-10-27
- Completion
- 2013-10-27
- First posted
- 2012-11-29
- Last updated
- 2020-02-27
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01736644. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.