NCT03365271

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

Study on the Post-operative Effect of Applying Drainage on Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Peking University People's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	drainage	Applying a drain tube during TKA procedure
PROCEDURE	non-drainage	No drain tube will be applied during TKA procedure

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-01
• Completion: 2019-02-01
• First posted: 2017-12-07
• Last updated: 2017-12-07