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Nerve Burial for Preventing Neuralgia After Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT02885467 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2018-05-21

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Summary

This is a randomized study investigating whether identification, ligation, and burial of superficial branches of the saphenous nerve crossing the surgical field during total knee arthroplasty reduces the rate of post-operative anterior knee pain and neuralgia compared to standard total knee arthroplasty.

Conditions

  • Neuralgia
  • Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Total knee arthroplasty with Saphenous nerve burial

PROCEDURE

Standard total knee arthroplasty

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medstar Health Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2018-05-31
Completion
2018-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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