Patient Positioning for Hand, Wrist, and Elbow Surgery: Stretcher Versus Operating Room Table

Patient Positioning for Hand, Wrist, and Elbow Surgery: Stretcher Versus Operating Room Table, A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07063784

Enrollment

120

Registered

2025-07-14

Start date

2017-08-03

Completion date

2021-08-18

Last updated

2025-08-05

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Conditions

Operative Surfaces, Post-operative Complications

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is any difference with regard to complication rates for performing surgery on an operating room (OR) table vs performing surgery on a stretcher with a hand table. The OR table and the stretcher with a hand table are the two types of operative surfaces the investigators will compare. The aim of this study is to compare surgeries of finger, hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow. The investigators will conduct the research at two outpatient surgery centers and an inpatient hospital center to see if operating room surface and time of surgery has any effect on complications after surgery. The investigators also will compare the costs of the two types of operative surfaces for the surgery.

Detailed description

The primary objective is to determine if there is any difference with regard to complication rate for performing surgery on an OR table vs performing surgery on a stretcher with a hand table. Outcome measures will include any complications recorded by postoperative questionnaires filled out by patients, and examination of the data to see if there is any statistically significant (using P values) data.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 88 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Inclusion criteria will involve skeletally mature adult patients who are to be operated on by the principal investigator, in a one year time frame, for any surgical procedure of the upper extremity from the fingertip to the middle portion of the arm above the elbow.

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary objective is to determine if there are increased or decreased complications when comparing patients who are having surgical procedures on an OR table vs a standard hospital stretcher.	From enrollment to one year postoperative

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
This will include determining any correlation between surgical time, length of follow up and complication rate according to surgical procedure and operating surface.	From enrollment to one year postoperative

Countries

United States

Outcome results