Approach Modification for Total Knee Arthroplasty in Morbidly Obese Patients

Ain Shams University100 enrolled

Overview

The study provides a detailed description of a smaller incision with better visualization in total knee arthroplasty operations

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Arthropathy Incision, Surgical Obesity, Morbid

Interventions

Small curved incision with apex lateralPROCEDURE

Small curved incision with apex lateral

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Morbid obese patients with body mass index more than 45 requiring total knee arthroplasty for any cause Exclusion Criteria: * candidates not meeting the inclusion criteria

Locations (2)

Ahmed Saeed

Cairo, Egypt

RECRUITING

Ahmed Saeed

Cairo, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Functional outcomes

Knee society score

Time frame: 3 years

length of skin incision

lenght of skin incision in centimeters

Time frame: 7 years

operative time

Oprative time in minutes

Time frame: 7 years

Secondary Outcomes

revision rate

no. of patients requiring revision

Time frame: 7 years

wound complications

Any reported wound complications

Time frame: 7 years

wound infection

No of patients with wound infection

Time frame: 7 years

Range of motion

Range of knee flexion and extension in degrees

Time frame: 7 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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