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Non-Invasive Distractor During Knee Arthroscopy

14 participantsStarted 2024-06

Plain-language summary

Patients will be prospectively recruited for knee joint distraction who are undergoing knee arthroscopy. Patient demographics, operative factors, and rates of medical comorbidities will be collected and evaluated. Intraoperative arthroscopic images will be evaluated by the attending Orthopaedic surgeon with standard and testing mechanism and a measuring device will be used to measure the distance between the femur and tibia in the medial and lateral compartments.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults ≥ 18 years of age who have capacity to provide informed consent. Eligible participants will include existing patients of Dr. DiStefano who are scheduled to undergo knee arthroscopic surgery to address meniscal pathology. Study risks, benefits and description will be provided and informed consent will be obtained. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with prior history of neurovascular deficiency or history of prior injury * Patients with a prior history of knee surgery * Patients with diagnosed knee ligament laxity or knee instability. * Patients that are not cleared for knee arthroscopy

What they're measuring

Medial Knee Joint Distraction Distance measured in millimeters (mm) during arthroscopy using a reference probe

Timeframe: intraoperative

Lateral Knee Joint Distraction Distance measured in millimeters (mm) during arthroscopy using a reference probe

Timeframe: intraoperative

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06458816

SponsorThe Taylor Collaboration

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-12

Contact for this trial

Jamal Zahir, BS

720-592-6202 jzahir@taylorcollaboration.org

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