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Conventional drainage versus four hour clamping drainage after total knee arthroplasty in severe osteoarthritis: a prospective, randomised trial

In English

Författare

  • Justinas Stucinskas
  • Sarunas Tarasevicius
  • Algimantas Cebatorius
  • Otto Robertsson
  • Alfredas Smailys
  • Hans Wingstrand

Summary, in English

Total knee replacement in severe osteoarthritis usually requires extensive soft tissue releases often associated with considerable bleeding. In a prospective, randomised trial we compared postoperative conventional suction drainage versus four hour clamping drainage in 60 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty for severe osteoarthritis. We compared blood loss, number of transfusions, postoperative complications and knee function and found significantly less postoperative blood loss through the drains (p < 0.001), and fewer blood transfusions (p=0.09) were needed in the clamped group. We conclude that clamping drainage after total knee arthroplasty in severe osteoarthritis reduces blood loss through the drains and the need for blood transfusions.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2009

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

1275-1278

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

International Orthopaedics

Volym

33

Issue

5

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Orthopedics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1432-5195