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Functional Outcome in Two Types of Total Knee Replacement Surgery for People With Osteoarthritis

NCT01576445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2012-04-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

When performing total knee replacement surgery, the surgeon has a choice as to which type of surgical technique to use. The standard technique at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh is the so-called 'medial parapatellar' exposure. And alternative and more recently introduced technique is the 'Mid-vastus approach' in which the surgeon will cut through less of the muscle at the front of the leg. In this study we compare the two surgical techniques in a so-called randomized trial. This means that we put people randomly into two groups, one group will receive surgery with the 'Mid-vastus approach' and the other group the surgery with the 'Medial parapatellar approach'. It is hypothesized that people who receive the Mid-vastus approach recover quicker and have a better short-term functional outcome than people who receive the 'Medial parapatellar approach'.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Mid-vastus approach

Mid-vastus approach to avoid patellar eversion and to minimise the muscle split.

PROCEDURE

medial parapatellar approach

medial parapatellar approach

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • DePuy International

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

    collaborator OTHER

  • Queen Margaret University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-02-29

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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