Knee Swelling Under Use of Compression Stockings After Outpatient Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Knee Pain Swelling
• Interventions: Other: normal therapy - no compression stockings; Other: Patients use compression stockings for 10 days after surgery

• Registration Number: NCT02096562
• Lead Sponsor: University of Rostock

Brief Summary

Outpatients who undergo knee surgery are designated two different clinical study groups. Group A receives common wrapping after surgery to the first postsurgical day and will be provided with compression stockings for the following 10 days, while group B only receives common wrapping and will not be provided with compression stockings.

The investigators are going to investigate the effect of compression stockings on postsurgical swelling and formation of edema on outpatients.

Detailed Description

The investigators are planing on investigate the effect of compression stockings on postsurgical swelling and formation of edema. For this purpose the investigators devide outpatients who have undergone knee surgery to two different clinical study groups. Group A receives a common compression bandage after surgery to the first postsurgical day and receives compression stockings afterwards for the following 10 days, while Group B only receives a common compression bandage to the first postsurgical day. Group A will be instructed to wear compression stockings for 24 hours on the first two postsurgical day, afterwards at least for 8 hours a day.

Preoperatively the investigators are going to determine the volume and circumference of both legs using the Bodytronic 600 by Bauerfeind. Subsequently the measurement will be repeated on the first, forth and tenth postsurgical day. The investigators are going to measure the range of motion, also the patients of both groups will be asked to mark pain and tension on a visual analog scale and write down the amount of time they have been lying, sitting and standing each day. Group A will document the amount of time for how long they were wearing compression stockings each day.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-07
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-23
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-26
• Primary Completion: 2015-03
• Study Completion: 2015-03
• Status Verified: 2016-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2016-05-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• age > 18 years
• signed release form

Exclusion Criteria

• deep vein thrombosis
• swelling caused by cardiac, venous or endocrine genesis
• dysfunction of the lymphatic system
• dysfunction of kidney or liver
• Use of water withholding medication
• massive adiposity
• cachexia
• epilepsy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
B - No compression stockings	normal therapy - no compression stockings	normal therapy - no compression stockings
A - Use of compression stockings	Patients use compression stockings for 10 days after surgery	Patients use compression stockings for 10 days after surgery

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Amount of Swelling of lower Extremity (circumference in mm and volume in ml)	10 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain (visual analoge scale) and Range of Movement (degree of flexion)	10 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Orthopädische Klinik und Poliklinik - Universitätsmedizin Rostock; 🇩🇪 Rostock, Meckenburg-Vorpommern, Germany