Changes of Pressure on Soft Tissue Before and After Total Hip Replacement to Prevent Bedsores

Assuta Medical Center

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Transient Arthropathy of Hip

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 60 y/o/ and more * Both sexes * Schedule for total hip replacement Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with previous bedsore * Patients under 60 y.0. * Previous CVA

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Changes in soft tissue pressure

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

Time frame: Day one

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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