Comparison of Drain Clamp after Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

Firooz Madadi; Amir Sarshekeh Mehrvarz; Majid Boreiri; Kambiz Abachizadeh; Ali Ershadi

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1271891

The Journal of Knee Surgery, Inhaltsverzeichnis

J Knee Surg 2010; 23(4): 215-222
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1271891

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Comparison of Drain Clamp after Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

Firooz Madadi¹ , Amir Sarshekeh Mehrvarz¹ , Firoozeh Madadi¹ , Majid Boreiri¹ , Kambiz Abachizadeh¹ , Ali Ershadi¹

¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akhtar Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Suction drains provide an easy and feasible method for controlling hemorrhage after total knee arthroplasty. However, there has been no compromise regarding the optimum clamping time for these drains. We conducted a randomized clinical trial in 50 patients to compare 12-hour drain clamping and continuous drainage after total knee arthroplasty in terms of wound complications, blood loss, and articular arc of motion. To eliminate any other factor except duration of clamping, we chose to compare only knees belonging to a single patient and to restrict the study to those knees undergoing surgery due to osteoarthritis. From a total of 100 knees (50 patients) studied, the 12-hour-clamping method resulted in a significantly smaller amount of postoperative blood loss (p < 0.001). The passive ranges of motion and wound complications were not significantly different between the two groups.

KEYWORDS

Knee arthroplasty - drain - blood loss - drainage clamping

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Firoozeh MadadiM.D.

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akhtar Hospital

Elahie, Polerumi Street, Shariati Avenue, Tehran 1964714953, Iran

eMail: fmadadi33@gmail.com