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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2021 Oct 8;22(1):856.
doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04731-6.

Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in total knee arthroplasty via midvastus approach: a randomized controlled trial

Bo Wei  1   2 , Cheng Tang  1   2 , Xuxiang Li  1   2 , Rongcai Lin  1   2 , Liu Han  3 , Suyang Zheng  1   2 , Yan Xu  1   2 , Qingqiang Yao  1   2 , Liming Wang  4   5
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in total knee arthroplasty via midvastus approach: a randomized controlled trial

Bo Wei et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. .

Abstract

Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols were rapidly adopted in many surgeries such as fast-track arthroplasty. The study aimed to investigate the impact of ERAS protocols on the clinical effect of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) via the midvastus approach.

Methods: A total of 69 patients who underwent primary unilateral TKA via the midvastus approach from October 2018 to June 2019 were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups: ERAS group and Control group. The ERAS protocols were adopted for the ERAS group and consisted of pure juice drinking 2 h before the surgery, optimization of the preoperative anesthesia plan, phased use of tourniquets, and the use of tranexamic acid as well as a drug cocktail. The operative time, first postoperative walking time, first straight leg elevation time, postoperative hospitalization time, visual analogue scale score (VAS score), Hospital for Special Surgery score (HSS score), conventional Knee Society score (KSS), and knee range of motion (ROM) were used to assess the clinical effects in the two groups. All the included patients were followed up for 12 months.

Results: There were no significant differences in the basic demographic information and operation time between the ERAS and Control groups (P > 0.05). The first postoperative walking time (2.11 ± 0.11 h) and first postoperative straight leg elevation time (6.14 ± 1.73 h) in the ERAS group were significantly earlier than those in the Control group (P < 0.001) and the postoperative hospitalization time was significantly shorter (3.11 ± 0.32 days). The postoperative mean VAS scores in both groups were significantly reduced compared with those before surgery (P < 0.001). The VAS scores for the ERAS group were significantly lower than those for the Control group at 1, 2, and 7 days after surgery (P < 0.001). The mean HSS scores, KSS, and knee ROM were significantly increased in both the ERAS and Control groups at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery (P < 0.001). In addition, the HSS scores, KSS, and knee ROM in the ERAS group were significantly higher than those in the Control group at 1 month after surgery (P < 0.001).

Conclusions: ERAS protocols improved the clinical effects of TKA via the midvastus approach, facilitating early out-of-bed activity and comfortable postoperative rehabilitation exercise, and further increasing patient satisfaction.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04873544 .

Keywords: ERAS; Midvastus; Optimization management; TKA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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The intraoperative photographs of TKA via the midvastus approach. a The oblique vastus medialis and medial parapatellar incision. b The medial pivot knee prosthesis. c The skin incision of 10–11 cm in length was sutured intradermally without drainage tubes
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Flow diagram for patient enrollment
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The VAS scores pre- and post-TKA. (*** P < 0.001)
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The HSS scores, KSS, and knee ROM pre- and post-TKA. (*** P < 0.001)
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