Tourniquet Pressure in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tourniquets, Knee Arthroplasty, Total, Knee Replacement, Total

In brief

This proposed novel randomized control trial (RCT) seeks to address this gap in TKA protocol by gaining a better understanding of the relationship between tourniquet pressure and time, and intraoperative performance and post-operative outcomes. This study does not seek to answer the question of "tourniquet vs no tourniquet", but to seek a tourniquet usage that would maximize the intraoperative benefits for the surgeon and minimize the negative consequences for patient outcomes. Specific Aim #1: enroll around 146 primary TKA patients. Specific Aim #2: evaluate different tourniquet cuff pressures (TCP) and tourniquet times in relation to intraoperative performance. Specific Aim #3: evaluate different TCP and tourniquet times in relation to post-operative pain and complications of short-term, intermediate, and long-term followup. Specific Aim #4: evaluate different TCP and tourniquet times in relation to post-operative function of short-term, intermediate, and long-term followup.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02830087
Run by
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
People needed
21
Starts
2016-06-01
Expected to finish
2016-09-20
Last updated by the study team
2018-12-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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