Patients will be prospectively recruited for knee joint distraction who are undergoing knee arthroscopy. Patient demographics, operative factors, and rates of medical comorbidities will be collected and evaluated. Intraoperative arthroscopic images will be evaluated by the attending Orthopaedic surgeon with standard and testing mechanism and a measuring device will be used to measure the distance between the femur and tibia in the medial and lateral compartments.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
14
Non-invasive Distraction device
no device. manual distraction.
Medial Knee Joint Distraction Distance measured in millimeters (mm) during arthroscopy using a reference probe
with manual distraction vs non-invasive distractor
Time frame: intraoperative
Lateral Knee Joint Distraction Distance measured in millimeters (mm) during arthroscopy using a reference probe
with manual distraction vs non-invasive distractor
Time frame: intraoperative
Pre and Post operative pain scores
VAS
Time frame: preoperative and within 1 year after knee arthroscopy
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