This is a Randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of the use of Sterile HemaClear Tourniquet Below Calf Versus Pneumatic Tourniquet at the Thigh for Ankle and Foot Surgery The trial will randomize 60 patients into an experimental group with HemaClear or Active comparator group with Pneumatic Tourniquet. The outcomes are: effectiveness of the tourniquet, bleeding escapes, infection, deep vein thrombosis, pain at the tourniquet site, neurologic problems related to the tourniquet
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
HemaClear Model A
Pneumatic Tourniquet
Hospital do Coracao
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
infection rates
infection rates
Time frame: after 1 week
infection rates
infection rates
Time frame: after 3 months
Deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis (Clinical assessment and Doppler ultrasound)
Time frame: after 1 week
Deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis (Clinical assessment and Doppler ultrasound)
Time frame: after 3 months
local pain
local pain at the tourniquet site (Visual Analogue Scale)
Time frame: after 1 week
local pain
local pain at the tourniquet site (Visual Analogue Scale)
Time frame: after 3 months
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