NCT03145493

Effect of Suction Drains in Total Knee Arthroplasty With Tranexamic Acid

(L'Effet Des Drains Aspiratifs en Arthroplastie du Genou Avec l'Utilisation de l'Acide Tranexamique)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Problem Suction drains during TKA present certain costs to the health system and requires additional nursing care. There is no clear evidence that supports their use, and no studies so far have compared blood loss in patients with or without drains when TA is administered during TKA. Hypothesis During total knee arthroplasty, the postoperative blood loss, measured by hemoglobin level, will be lower when no drains are used. Method * Randomized controlled trial * Monocentric, 3 surgeons * Randomisation by sealed envelopes

Detailed description

During total knee arthroplasty, the postoperative blood loss, measured by hemoglobin level, will be lower when no drains are used.

Conditions

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	drainage	Administration of IV tranexamic acid at the moment of anesthetic induction (1g) and at tourniquet release (1g), installing a suction drain

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-03
• Primary completion: 2019-01-31
• Completion: 2019-01-31
• First posted: 2017-05-09
• Last updated: 2020-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada