Status:
TERMINATED
Short- Versus Long-duration Tourniquet Use During Total Knee Replacement (TKR)
Lead Sponsor:
Fairfield Hospital, Australia
Conditions:
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To establish whether a short duration of tourniquet application (from cement fixation to cement setting)is associated with better patient functional outcomes compared to a long duration of tourniquet ...
Detailed Description
Background: Tourniquets are commonly used during total knee replacement (TKR) surgery to provide a bloodless field to improve visualisation \[1\]. The optimum timing of tourniquet release (ie prior t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- primary, unilateral knee replacement;
- capacity to understand the protocol;
Exclusion
- inability to read English;
- current warfarin therapy (or similar);
- significant PVD, peripheral arterial disease or diabetes rendering tourniquet use undesirable;
- evidence of chronic or recent DVT in index limb;
- thigh circumference \> 100 cm (approximately);
- Jehovah's Witness (ie refusal to receive donor blood)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
65 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01162720
Start Date
November 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
March 30 2011
Active Locations (1)
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1
Fairfield Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2176