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Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty in Dedicated Daycare Facility vs Standard Patient Ward

NCT03896282 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2020-07-30

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Summary

The purpose of this single center randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate whether outpatient arthroplasty surgery in a dedicated daycare facility will improve discharge on day of surgery, as opposed to surgery followed by subsequent stay in the ward and also same day discharge, without compromizing safety and outcome.

Conditions

  • Arthropathy of Knee
  • Arthropathy of Hip

Interventions

OTHER

Mobilization at a dedicated daycare facility

All THA's are performed using a standard posterolateral approach with simple posterior soft-tissue repair. No infiltration anesthesia (LIA) is used in THA's. All TKA's are performed with a standard medial parapatellar approach without the use of tourniquet. Physiotherapy is started as soon as possible after surgery in the dedicated day care facility. Time till first mobilization is recorded as is total time mobilized supervised by a physiotherapist before discharge. Patients are discharged if fulfilling the discharge criteria before 8 pm. Number of hours spent in hospital in total is recorded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hvidovre University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-01
Primary Completion
2018-11-01
Completion
2020-02-01

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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