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Acupotomy for postoperative hypertrophic scar pain and pruritus after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial

Phase 1
Conditions
Hypertrophic scar after total knee replacement
Registration Number
ITMCTR2100005425
Lead Sponsor
Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

(1) men or women aged 40–80 years; (2) patients met the diagnostic criteria of knee osteoarthritis [15]; (3) From 1 to 2 month after total knee arthroplasty, the wound healed well after suture removal, without abnormal ooze of blood or fluid; (4) Signed written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Preoperative diagnosis is not simple knee osteoarthritis, but combined with severe deformity, ligament injury around the knee, muscle strength abnormalities and other diseases; (2) Postoperative scar expands beyond the range of original lesions injured to surrounding normal skin; (3) Coagulation disorders; (4) Postoperative diagnosis is superficial incision tissue infection or deep incision tissue infection; (5) With severe physical and psychological illness that cannot coordinate the treatment; (6) Participation in other clinical researchers in the past 3 months.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
WOMAC Pain Subscale;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
VSS;NRS scale;WOMAC functional subscale;Dosage of loxolophen sodium tablets;WOMAC stiffness subscale;Knee range of motion;
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