The Need for Compression Bandage Following Total Knee Arthroplasty A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Replacements

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Conditions studied: Osteo Arthritis Knee

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if applying a compression bandage on the leg alters early outcome following TKA. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate leg swelling by measuring leg circumference following simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with and without the application of compression bandage.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03521869

Run by

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

People needed

50

Starts

2014-11-13

Expected to finish

2017-06-02

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients receiving elective simultaneous bilateral primary total knee arthroplasty, treated by Rothman physicians at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital or Rothman Specialty Hospital.

You may not qualify if…

• Previous venous thromboembolic event.
• Lymph edema in one or both legs.
• BMI > 40
• Prior surgery (other than arthroscopy)

Where it is running

• Rothman Institute — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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