Changes of Pressure on Soft Tissue Before and After Total Hip Replacement to Prevent Bedsores
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Transient Arthropathy of Hip
- Sponsor
- Assuta Medical Center
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in soft tissue pressure
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Patients candidates for total hip replacement are, generally elderlies and have hip pain, we will check if the pressure to the soft tissue changes before and after operation using a tapet with pressure sensors sending the information to specific software.
Detailed Description
one hundred Patients 60 years old and more will be considered for this study, both sexs, that have schedule for elective unilateral total hip replacement and have not bedsores previously. All the data will be collected by FSA software, classified in an excel table. A crossover study will be performed and analyzed by a paired test.
Investigators
Sergio Gabriel Susmallian
Head of the Department of General Surgery
Assuta Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •60 y/o/ and more
- •Both sexes
- •Schedule for total hip replacement
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient with previous bedsore
- •Patients under 60 y.
- •Previous CVA
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in soft tissue pressure
Time Frame: Day one
Mapping of pressure will be performed twice for each patient' the first one before surgery the second one before discharge. The measure will be performed by resting, normal position