Approach Modification for Total Knee Arthroplasty in Morbidly Obese Patients

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05840705

Enrollment

100

Registered

2023-05-03

Start date

2018-01-01

Completion date

2023-06-08

Last updated

2023-05-03

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Conditions

Arthropathy, Incision, Surgical, Obesity, Morbid

Keywords

Total knee arthroplasty, obese

Brief summary

The study provides a detailed description of a smaller incision with better visualization in total knee arthroplasty operations

Interventions

PROCEDURESmall curved incision with apex lateral

Small curved incision with apex lateral

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Morbid obese patients with body mass index more than 45 requiring total knee arthroplasty for any cause

Exclusion criteria

* candidates not meeting the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Functional outcomes	3 years	Knee society score
length of skin incision	7 years	lenght of skin incision in centimeters
operative time	7 years	Oprative time in minutes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
revision rate	7 years	no. of patients requiring revision
Range of motion	7 years	Range of knee flexion and extension in degrees
wound complications	7 years	Any reported wound complications
wound infection	7 years	No of patients with wound infection

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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