Assessment of the effectiveness of microporous tape in wound healing after total knee arthroplasty

Assessment of the effectiveness of microporous tape in wound healing after total knee arthroplasty - Assessment of the effectiveness of microporous tape in wound healing after total knee arthroplasty

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000057028

Enrollment

Registered

2025-02-15

Start date

2025-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Osteoarthritis of the knee

Interventions

Using microporous tape, which is reported to reduce the risk of hypertrophic scar formation on the surgical wound after total knee arthroplasty. Not using microporous tape on the surgical wound after

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing primary bilateral total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Diseases other than medial osteoarthritis of the knee, use of antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants, or oral steroids, patients with diabetes, dementia, a history of keloids, or tape allergy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) 3.0	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Wound complications, Patient-reported outcome measures (Patient satisfaction evaluated using a Likert scale, Knee Society Score-2011, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement, Forgotten Joint Score-12, EuroQol 5-Dimension)	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSho Masuda

Tanabe Central Hospital Orthopedic surgery

riro_and_tigger@yahoo.co.jp+81-739-24-5333

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026