Rapid Recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, first better than faster!
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21087
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orbis Medisch Centrum, Geleen the Netherlands
- Brief Summary
Fast-track total knee arthroplasty in a patient with Parkinson’s disease Martijn GM Schotanus (MSc), Bas van Dun (MD), Nanne P Kort (MD, PhD) NtvO, September 2014
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
100 consecutive patients who are diagnosed with osteoarthritis and will be initiated for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) will be enrolled in this pilot study. All patients will be operated by one surgeon.
There is no exclusion criteria. Due to the introduction of the Rapid Recovery Program, all consecutive patients who are initiated for a knee replacement surgery, will participate in a Rapid Recovery program or the Joint Care program. All patients who undergo surgery in the morning will participate in the Rapid Recovery group and all patients who undergo surgery in the afternoon will participate in the the Joint Care Group.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Nausea- and Pain score due Visual analog scale (VAS) at scheduled times after surgery until discharge;<br /><br>2. Date of discharge from hospital.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 6 weeks after surgery the patient have to fill in a questinonnaire about Patient satisfaction.<br><br /><br /><br>Because of the multidisciplinair aproach we will take a survey in the beginning and at the end of the pilot study off all participating specialty who were involved during the implemnetation of Rapid Recovery.