Chondropathy, Knee Effusion, Knee Hemarthrosis
Conditions
Keywords
suction drain, knee arthroscopy, knee pain
Brief summary
The study was designed to investigate efficacy of suction drains in arthroscopic knee surgery, rather than anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. two groups were randomised, and suction drain was applied to one group, and the other group as the control group without a suction drain.
Detailed description
The groups were compared in terms of patellar shock, knee effusion, knee scoring systems, range of motion, loss of labour, hospitalization time. Also different arthroscopic procedures such as meniscectomy, meniscus repair, synovectomy and microfracture were evaluated in terms of need for a suction drain. The controls was at 1st and 15th day, 6th week and 3rd month.
Interventions
DEVICESuction drain
A suction drain is used to remove excess fluid from tissues after surgery.
DEVICENo suction drain
A suction drain is used to remove excess fluid from tissues after surgery.
Sponsors
Mert Özcan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with knee derangement and accepted to enroll to the study
Exclusion criteria
* intraarticular fracture, ACL surgery, arthrotomy, bleeding disorder,
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rest Pain | 3 months | Severity of pain was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS is a horizontal line divided into ten equal intervals in which zero represents no pain and 10 represents the worst pain ever felt. |
| Range of Motion | 3 months | Range of motion is measures in terms of angular degrees. |
| Activity Pain | 3 months | Severity of pain was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS is a horizontal line divided into ten equal intervals in which zero represents no pain and 10 represents the worst pain ever felt. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| loss of labour time | 1 month | It is measured in days. It shows the time from discharge to beginning of work. |
| hospitalization time | 1 month | It is measured in days. It shows the period of hospitalization time, from surgery to discharge. |
| Lysholm | 3 months | Lysholm is a scoring system from zero to one hundred. It measures subjective complaints of the patients. |
| International Knee Documentation Committee Score | 3 months | is a scoring system from zero to one hundred. It measures subjective complaints of the patients. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amount of drainage | 1 day | The amount of fluid in suction drain. It is measured with cubic centimetre (cc). |
| patellar shock | 1.5 months | Patellar shock was graded in four scales: Grade 1, some notable fluid, Grade 2, minimally elevated patella, Grade 3, patellar ballottement, and Grade 4, tense knee capsule, unable to compress patella. |
Outcome results
None listed