Status:
COMPLETED
Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty With and Without Navigational Unit
Lead Sponsor:
Zimmer Biomet
Collaborating Sponsors:
Dartmouth General Hospital
Conditions:
Knee Arthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a computer navigational unit can improve operating time and consistency during Knee arthroplasty when compared to knee arthroplasty without a computer...
Detailed Description
The ability to use a computerized navigational unit during knee arthroplasty can be a major benefit to surgeons that perform a small amount of knee arthroplasties. Navigational assistance can decrease...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for the Oxford Knee
- symptomatic unicompartmental knee arthritis major surgery
- failed non operative treatment modalities
- willing and able to give informed consent
- skeletal maturity
- Exclusion criteria for the Oxford Knee
- medical conditions that preclude general or spinal anesthetic
- ipsilateral knee avascular necrosis
- severe osteoporosis or osteopenia
- neuromuscular impairment
- ipsilateral knee infection
- Patient day surgery criteria
- medically stable: an ASA category of 1 or 2
- close proximity to the hospital surgery performed for at least 36 hours
- good support system in place- someone able to stay with the patient for at least 36 hours immediately post-op.
- hemovac to be removed prior to discharge
- access to VON or other home care hospital approved services
- pain buster for pain control for 24 to 36 hours
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00862316
Start Date
May 1 2009
End Date
May 1 2010
Last Update
June 16 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Dartmouth General Hospital
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada