Tourniquet vs. no Tourniquet During Total Knee Arthroplasty

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02907047

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2016-09-20

Start date

2016-06-01

Completion date

2017-10-01

Last updated

2019-07-01

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Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to correlate functional outcomes and perioperative complications with tourniquet use during total knee arthroplasty.

Interventions

OTHERtourniquet not inflated

OTHERtourniquet inflated

Study design

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. All unilateral primary knee arthroplasties performed by investigators participating in this study will be eligible for inclusion 2. Diagnosis of osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

1. Revision surgery 2. Bilateral knee surgery 3. Age \<18 or \>80 4. BMI \>40 5. Baseline lower extremity strength less than 5/5 6. Vascular calcifications 7. History of chronic narcotic use, defined as more than 5mg of oxycodone q4 hours 8. Functionally limiting spine disease 9. Other functionally limiting lower extremity disorder (i.e. symptomatic ipsilateral hip disease) 10. Patients who cannot perform the baseline functional tests 11. Allergy/contraindication to protocol medications 12. Post-traumatic arthritis 13. Inflammatory arthritis 14. Pregnancy 15. Prisoners 16. Patients receiving care as part of a worker's compensable injury

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
timed up and go (TUG) score	4 weeks following surgery	—
Stair Climb test	in hospital (usually less than 2 days), 4 weeks post-op, 6 months post-op	time, in seconds, to climb one flight of nine stairs
Visual Analog Scale: Pain	in hospital (usually less than 2 days), 4 weeks post-op, 6 months post-op	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
blood loss	intra-operative	calculated blood loss determine by hemoglobin dilution
surgical field visualization	intra-operative	subjective rating provided by the surgeon
range of motion	in hospital (usually less than 2 days), 4 weeks post-op, 6 months post-op	measured, in degrees, using a goniometer

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026