Efficacy of Peroperative Suction Drain Usage in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study was designed to investigate efficacy of suction drains in arthroscopic knee surgery, rather than anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. two groups were randomised, and suction drain was applied to one group, and the other group as the control group without a suction drain.

Detailed Description
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The groups were compared in terms of patellar shock, knee effusion, knee scoring systems, range of motion, loss of labour, hospitalization time. Also different arthroscopic procedures such as meniscectomy, meniscus repair, synovectomy and microfracture were evaluated in terms of need for a suction drain. The controls was at 1st and 15th day, 6th week and 3rd month.

Official Title
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Efficacy of Peroperative Suction Drain Usage in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Conditions
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Chondropathy, Knee Effusion, Knee Hemarthrosis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: Suction drain
* Device: No suction drain


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients with knee derangement and accepted to enroll to the study Exclusion Criteria: intraarticular fracture, ACL surgery, arthrotomy, bleeding disorder,

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 16 Years
Maximum Age: 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Triple


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Drain Group<br>Suction drain was applied to these patients after arthroscopic knee surgery. | Device: Suction drain<br>* A suction drain is used to remove excess fluid from tissues after surgery.<br>* Other names: Hemovac drain;|
| Other: Control Group<br>No suction drain was applied to this group, therefore used as a control group. | Device: No suction drain<br>* A suction drain is used to remove excess fluid from tissues after surgery.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Activity Pain | Severity of pain was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS is a horizontal line divided into ten equal intervals in which zero represents no pain and 10 represents the worst pain ever felt. | 3 months | 
| Rest Pain | Severity of pain was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS is a horizontal line divided into ten equal intervals in which zero represents no pain and 10 represents the worst pain ever felt. | 3 months | 
| Range of Motion | Range of motion is measures in terms of angular degrees. | 3 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lysholm | Lysholm is a scoring system from zero to one hundred. It measures subjective complaints of the patients. | 3 months | 
| International Knee Documentation Committee Score | is a scoring system from zero to one hundred. It measures subjective complaints of the patients. | 3 months | 
| hospitalization time | It is measured in days. It shows the period of hospitalization time, from surgery to discharge. | 1 month | 
| loss of labour time | It is measured in days. It shows the time from discharge to beginning of work. | 1 month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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suction drain, knee arthroscopy, knee pain