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Effect of Suction Drains in Total Knee Arthroplasty With Tranexamic Acid

NCT03145493 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2020-07-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Problem Suction drains during TKA present certain costs to the health system and requires additional nursing care. There is no clear evidence that supports their use, and no studies so far have compared blood loss in patients with or without drains when TA is administered during TKA.

Hypothesis During total knee arthroplasty, the postoperative blood loss, measured by hemoglobin level, will be lower when no drains are used.

Method

* Randomized controlled trial
* Monocentric, 3 surgeons
* Randomisation by sealed envelopes

Conditions

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Interventions

DEVICE

drainage

Administration of IV tranexamic acid at the moment of anesthetic induction (1g) and at tourniquet release (1g), installing a suction drain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frédéric Lavoie, MD MSc FRCSC · CHUM

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-03
Primary Completion
2019-01-31
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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