Effect of Transverse Incision in Knee Pain after Leg Surgery

Effect of Transverse Versus Longitudinal Incision in Anterior Knee Pain after Tibial Nailing

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20231209060316N1

Enrollment

180

Registered

2024-07-04

Start date

2024-08-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-07-22

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Conditions

Tibia fracture.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Patients in this group undergo transverse incision for tibia nailing. Intervention 2: Control group: Patients in this group undergo longitudinal incision for tibia

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with Closed Tibial Fractures between the Age of 18 - 60 Years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with Severe Medical Conditions Patients with Open Fracture Patients with Psychiatric Problems Patients with Old Fracture and Tibia Nonunion Patients Who Had Surgery Around the Knee Patients with Fractures in the Same Side of Lower Extremity Patients with a History of Any Spine Problems Patients with a History of Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs Patients with Fractures Accompanied by Vascular-Nerve Damage Patients Under 18 and Over 60 Years Old

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
We will examine VAS and Functional Outcome criteria and clinical examination of infrapatellar nerve damage after surgery in two methods of these patients. Timepoint: After the surgery, we follow up the patients in 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 6 months after the operation. Method of measurement: Using a pre-prepared questionnaire of VAS and Functional Outcome criteria and clinical examination of the nerve damage of the infrapatellar branch with the monofilament test.	—

Measure

Time frame

We will examine VAS and Functional Outcome criteria and clinical examination of infrapatellar nerve damage after surgery in two methods of these patients. Timepoint: After the surgery, we follow up the patients in 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 6 months after the operation. Method of measurement: Using a pre-prepared questionnaire of VAS and Functional Outcome criteria and clinical examination of the nerve damage of the infrapatellar branch with the monofilament test.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The amount of pain and the amount of bleeding, the length of the incision and the time of surgery, the amount of bleeding, blood transfusion and the patient's wound problems. Timepoint: During the operation, the amount of pain, the amount of bleeding, the length of the incision, and the time of the operation were recorded, and during the patient's stay in the hospital, the amount of bleeding, blood injection, and the patient's wound problems were followed up in 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months after the operation. Method of measurement: It is collected by a pre-prepared questionnaire and we follow up.	—

Measure

Time frame

The amount of pain and the amount of bleeding, the length of the incision and the time of surgery, the amount of bleeding, blood transfusion and the patient's wound problems. Timepoint: During the operation, the amount of pain, the amount of bleeding, the length of the incision, and the time of the operation were recorded, and during the patient's stay in the hospital, the amount of bleeding, blood injection, and the patient's wound problems were followed up in 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months after the operation. Method of measurement: It is collected by a pre-prepared questionnaire and we follow up.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMohammad Pourmahmoudian

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

mpourmahmoudian992@gmail.com+98 21 2629 0177

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026