Blood Loss Between Surgical Blade and Unipolar Electrocautery in TKA
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Blood Loss
- Interventions
- Procedure: surgical bladeProcedure: electrocautery
- Registration Number
- NCT02108327
- Lead Sponsor
- Thammasat University
- Brief Summary
Using of surgical blade may have less blood loss than unipolar electrocautery in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
- osteoarthritis of the knee who undergoing unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty
- age 50-85 years old
- ASA class 1-3
Exclusion Criteria
- unable to perform spinal anaesthesia
- history of coagulation disorder
- renal impairment (CrCl <30 mL/min) or cirrhosis
- platelet count < 100,000 or abnormal coagulogram
- on pacemaker
- stop anti-platelet or anti-coagulogram less than 7 days
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description surgical blade surgical blade - Unipolar electrocautery electrocautery -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blood loss 48 hours - detected total blood loss from hemoglobin at 24,48 hours after surgery, maximum Hb drop and blood loss collected in radivac drain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method inflammation 48 hours determine inflammatory response with C-rective protein (CRP) at post-op 48 hours
knee range of motion 3 months Knee function 3 months measured with WOMAC
complication 2 weeks detected with wound dehiscence, wound infection
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Orthopaedic department, Faculty of medicine, Thammasat university
🇹ðŸ‡Klongluang, Pathumthani, Thailand