Rapid Recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, first better than faster!

Multidisciplinair approach in total knee arthroplasty combined with Patient specific instruments. Implementation of Rapid Recovery in a Dutch Hospital.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON21087

Enrollment

100

Registered

2011-12-05

Start date

2011-12-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

The purpose of Rapid Recovery is that as soon as possible the patient willl start with daily activities. During the sessions, the physiotherapist will evaluate each stage. What is the added value compared to Rapid Recovery Joint Care? The rehabilitation Rapid Recovery has several changes from Joint Care, bringing the total rehabilitation process may be shortened. • The pain relief protocol is improved. You get more painkillers in tablet form offered both before and after surgery, thus redu

Interventions

Due to the introduction of the Rapid Recovery program in December 2011 all patients who will be operated for a knee Replacement surgery will participate in the Rapid Recovery program or in the Joint C

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 100 consecutive patients who are diagnosed with osteoarthritis and will be initiated for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) will be enrolled in this pilot study. All patients will be operated by one surgeon.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: There is no exclusion criteria. Due to the introduction of the Rapid Recovery Program, all consecutive patients who are initiated for a knee replacement surgery, will participate in a Rapid Recovery program or the Joint Care program. All patients who undergo surgery in the morning will participate in the Rapid Recovery group and all patients who undergo surgery in the afternoon will participate in the the Joint Care Group.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Nausea- and Pain score due Visual analog scale (VAS) at scheduled times after surgery until discharge; 2. Date of discharge from hospital.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
6 weeks after surgery the patient have to fill in a questinonnaire about Patient satisfaction. Because of the multidisciplinair aproach we will take a survey in the beginning and at the end of the pilot study off all participating specialty who were involved during the implemnetation of Rapid Recovery.	—

Contacts

Public ContactP.C. Mathijssen

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orbis Medisch Centrum dr H vd Hoffplein 1

p.mathijssen@orbisconcern.nl+31 (0)88 4597823

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)