Osteoarthritis of the knee
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) To recognize the change of grade 2 or more in Kellgren-Lawrence classification in knee X-ray photography. (2) It is not neuropathic arthropathy. (3) No arthritis caused by factors other than osteoarthritis (rheumatoid arthritis etc.) is not merged. (4) To meet adaptation criteria for knee replacement surgery in the OARSI recommendation on the management of osteoarthritis of the osteoarthritis (end of adaptation by the committee for formulation of guideline for knee osteoarthritis of the Japanese Orthopedic Society). (5) There is no operation history on the knee joint in the past. (6) The age at the time of case registration is 50 years old and under 80 years old.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients complicated with arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis etc.) caused by factors other than osteoarthritis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| S - flurbiorofen lumber for external use (containing S - flurbiorofen 40 mg) 12 hours before the start of surgery to the knee joint on the scheduled side of the target patient. Just before surgery, external lumber is removed, joint fluid of bilateral knee joints is collected under spinal anesthesia, and blood sampling is performed from the cranial vein of the upper arm. Measurement of the concentration of S-flurbiprofen in the harvested synovial fluid and plasma. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kindai University Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery