Impact of Different Perioperative Tourniquets on Blood Loss and Surgeon Satisfaction in Total Knee Arthroplasty

ConditionTotal Knee Arthroplasty

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Bonn

About this trial

The present study investigates the impact of two different perioperative tourniquets with different closing features on operative blood los, surgical field quality and surgeon satisfaction.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Inidication for a Total Knee Arthroplasty

Approval for Surgery by the Department of Anesthesia

Disqualifiers

Open Wounds of the lower extremities

Acute or chronic infections of the lower extremities

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

VBM Tourniquet
Device
Perioperative VBM-Tourniquet Application with a fixation pressure of 15mmHg.
Adaptive Cuff
Device
Perioperative Delfi-Tourniquet Application with a fixation pressure of 15mmHg.

Treatment groups

50 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: ControlActive comparator 1 intervention

Group B: Intervention GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Blood Loss

Perioperative blood loss in ml.

Time frame

Perioperative

Surgeon Satisfaction

Surgical Satisfaction on a 0-100 mm VAS

Time frame

Perioperative

Sponsors and contacts

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University Hospital, Bonn

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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