Efficacy of Peroperative Suction Drain Usage in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Mert Özcan110 enrolled

Overview

The study was designed to investigate efficacy of suction drains in arthroscopic knee surgery, rather than anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. two groups were randomised, and suction drain was applied to one group, and the other group as the control group without a suction drain.

The groups were compared in terms of patellar shock, knee effusion, knee scoring systems, range of motion, loss of labour, hospitalization time. Also different arthroscopic procedures such as meniscectomy, meniscus repair, synovectomy and microfracture were evaluated in terms of need for a suction drain. The controls was at 1st and 15th day, 6th week and 3rd month.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Chondropathy Knee Effusion Knee Hemarthrosis

Interventions

Suction drainDEVICE

A suction drain is used to remove excess fluid from tissues after surgery.

No suction drainDEVICE

A suction drain is used to remove excess fluid from tissues after surgery.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with knee derangement and accepted to enroll to the study Exclusion Criteria: * intraarticular fracture, ACL surgery, arthrotomy, bleeding disorder,

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Activity Pain

Severity of pain was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS is a horizontal line divided into ten equal intervals in which zero represents no pain and 10 represents the worst pain ever felt.

Time frame: 3 months

Rest Pain

Severity of pain was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS is a horizontal line divided into ten equal intervals in which zero represents no pain and 10 represents the worst pain ever felt.

Time frame: 3 months

Range of Motion

Range of motion is measures in terms of angular degrees.

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Lysholm

Lysholm is a scoring system from zero to one hundred. It measures subjective complaints of the patients.

Time frame: 3 months

International Knee Documentation Committee Score

is a scoring system from zero to one hundred. It measures subjective complaints of the patients.

Time frame: 3 months

hospitalization time

It is measured in days. It shows the period of hospitalization time, from surgery to discharge.

Time frame: 1 month

loss of labour time

It is measured in days. It shows the time from discharge to beginning of work.

Time frame: 1 month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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