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Tourniquet and Quadricepsforce

NCT01808859 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2014-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose for this study is to investigate the quadriceps (thigh) function preoperatively and 48 hours postoperatively during knee arthroplasty (total replacement of the knee joint) in a randomised study with or without the use of a Tourniquet (cuff around the thigh during surgery) (100 mm Hg \> systolic blood pressure).

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Tourniquet

hyperbaric bupivacaine 12.5-15 mg Celecoxib 400 mg and paracetamol 1 g will be given preoperatively. Postoperatively celecoxib 200 mg x 2 and paracetamol 1 g/6 h is given is given for 2 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Region Skane

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
41 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Diseases

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