A study to compare post-operative skin numbness and wound healing with one side midline versus other side anterolateral incision in patients undergoing both knee replacements.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M171- Unilateral primary osteoarthritisof knee
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2010/091/001206
- Lead Sponsor
- DR RAJESH N MANIAR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
ADULT MALES OR FEMALES UNDERGOING SIMULTANEOUS BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients having prior scar around the knee
2. having peripheral neuropathy
3. peripheral vascular diseases.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method following parameters will be studied for sensation <br/ ><br>1.Touch evaluation by Semmes Weinstein monofilament <br/ ><br>2.Pain with toothpick/ pin <br/ ><br>3.Vibration testing with 256Hz tuning fork <br/ ><br>4.Static two point discrimination <br/ ><br>5.Moving two point discriminationTimepoint: ONE DAY PRIOR TO SURGERY AND POSTOPERATIVELY ON DAY 5, 14 AND 6, 12 WEEKS AND ALSO AT 1 YEAR AFTER SURGERY;following parameters will be studied for sensation <br/ ><br>1.Touch evaluation by Semmes Weinstein monofilament <br/ ><br>2.Pain with toothpick/ pin <br/ ><br>3.Vibration testing with 256Hz tuning fork <br/ ><br>4.Static two point discrimination <br/ ><br>5.Moving two point discriminationTimepoint: ONE DAY PRIOR TO SURGERY AND POSTOPERATIVELY ON DAY 5, 14 AND 6, 12 WEEKS AND ALSO AT 1 YEAR AFTER SURGERY
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method RANGE OF MOTION OF KNEETimepoint: ONE DAY PRIOR TO SURGERY.POSTOPERATIVELY ON DAY 3, 5, 14 AND 6, 12 WEEKS AND ALSO AT 1 YEAR AFTER SURGERY;SF-12 AND WOMAC SCORESTimepoint: ONE DAY PRIOR TO SURGERY . POSTOPERATIVELY AT 12 WEEKS, 1YEAR AND 2 YEAR;VAS scale for painTimepoint: ONE DAY PRIOR TO SURGERY . POSTOPERATIVELY AT 6 WEEKS,12 WEEKS, 1YEAR