NCT03989648

Adequacy of Exsanguination Between Esmarch Bandages and Simple Leg Elevation in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Comparison of the Adequacy of Exsanguination Between Esmarch Bandages and Simple Leg Elevation in Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty : A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Navamindradhiraj University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To compare the adequacy of exsanguination in the surgical field between the use of the Esmarch bandages elevation and the simple leg elevation.

Conditions

• Esmarch Bandages
• Simple Leg Elevation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Esmarch bandages	Esmarch bandage (also known as Esmarch's bandage for surgical haemostasis or Esmarch's tourniquet) in its modern form is a narrow (5 to 10 cm wide) soft rubber bandage that is used to expel venous blood from a limb (exsanguinate) that has had its arterial supply cut off by a tourniquet.
OTHER	simple leg elevation	simple leg elevation 45 degree for 2 minutes is used to expel venous blood from a limb

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2022-02-01
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2019-06-18
• Last updated: 2021-08-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand