View clinical trials related to Total Knee Replacement.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess whether the application of bone wax to exposed cancellous bone, after the cemented implants are in place, will provide superior hemostasis in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients compared to patients who do not have the bone wax applied. Hemostasis will be assessed by calculating blood loss using the Hb-balance formula.
This is a single center, investigator initiated clinical trial using a FDA approved, marketed brace called DJO X4. This phase 4, prospective, randomized clinical trial is being conducted to evaluate the use of the X4 knee brace with the Motion Intelligence platform in patients having unilateral TKA. The study is designed to determine if using a "virtual rehabilitation" device leads to enhanced recovery following TKA by improving patient objective and subjective outcome measures.
This study will look at the health results of using the LEGION™ Primary Knee System over a period of ten (10) years. This type of surgery uses an artificial knee made of plastic and metal. This study will enter subjects who suffer from a variety of conditions that have caused at least one of their knees to become nonfunctional. You are being asked to participate in the study because you have significant problems with your knee(s) and your study surgeon has determined that your knee(s) must be surgically replaced to improve your condition. If you decided to participate in this study, you will be one of approximately one hundred thirty-eight (138) subjects in the study.
The objective of this research study is to better understand patterns of recovery after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) amd Total Hip Replacement (THA). The study will evaluate how pain, activity and cognitive (i.e., thinking style) responses determine patterns of recovery, and the study will evaluate the efficacy of gabapentin versus placebo for improving recovery after surgery.
Improving the patient experience has become a major focus of quality improvement efforts in Ontario and in health systems worldwide. However, our existing knowledge base is relatively under-developed, particularly in how patients experience care as they transition from one care setting to another and the relationship between patient experience and clinical outcomes. The Patient Oriented Discharge Summary (PODS) is a discharge instruction tool created by patients, caregivers, health-care providers and design experts. It provides a written template for providers to engage patients and caregivers when reviewing important instructions on medications, activity and diet restrictions, follow-up appointments and worrisome symptoms warranting emergency care following admission to hospital. The PODS also uses plain and simple wording, large fonts, pictograms, and includes white space for patients to take notes and provides the option for translation of major headings into the most common spoken languages. The PODS impact study will study the impact of using the PODS versus usual discharge instructions on patient experience and health outcomes in a provincial-wide randomized study across acute care and rehabilitation hospitals.
Open-labelled, randomised controlled trial. Patients will be assessed pre-operatively, at 24 and 48 hours for the primary outcome and secondary outcomes (except for Oxford Knee Score which will be assessed pre-operatively and at 6 months post-operatively by the ortho-paedic team). Primary Objective: To demonstrate whether adductor canal nerve infusions result in superior patient mobilisation within the first 48 hours following total knee replacement compared to femoral nerve catheter infusions. Secondary Objective: To identify whether adductor canal nerve infusions result in superior analgesia within the first 48 hours following total knee replacement compared to femoral nerve catheter infusions.
To investigate the effects of lymphatic drainage massage performed immediately after total knee replacement in relation to reduction of limb circumference, pain reduction and functional improvement.
This study will enroll patients who will be receiving primary total knee replacements. Subjects will be randomized into two groups: Betadine surgical scrub preparation and ChloraPrep preparation prior to total knee replacements. Study hypothesis: When used as a surgical scrub preparation prior to primary total knee arthroplasties, ChloraPrep (2% chlorhexadine gluconate and 70% isopropyl alcohol) is superior to Betadine (10% povidone iodine) in reducing incision site bacterial colony counts.
The embolisation of fat and bone marrow during long bone instrumentation is a well-known complication of major joint replacement surgery. Clinically significant venous thromboembolic disease, cardiopulmonary dysfunction,cerebral emboli, and death have all been described. Because the intravasation of medullary contents is caused by increased pressure during canal instrumentation, the use of the Synthes RIA (Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator), a negative pressure-irrigated high-speed reamer, may result in a lower incidence of embolism. This controlled clinical trial will evaluate the utility of the RIA in reducing the frequency and severity of embolic events as detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and transcranial Doppler (TCD) during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery.
The use of computer-assisted surgery by orthopedic surgeons experienced in the performance of total knee arthroplasty may result in better overall limb and implant alignment and fewer outliers as compared with the findings after manual total knee arthroplasty. The alignment results in previous studies were based on radiographic measurements. The sensitivity of radiographic assessment of limb and implant alignment may not be significant enough to distinguish small differences between computer-assisted surgery and manual techniques. It is possible that alignment differences that were too minor to be exposed on standard radiographs might result in long-term differences in the durability of arthroplasties performed with use of computer-assisted surgery or manual techniques. Moreover it is possible to measure additional implant positioning parameters with computed tomography (CT) technology. In this study, the investigators would like to add new method, for accurate measurement of implant alignment and to correlate its results with clinical data.