U.S., Sept. 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07175883) titled 'Comparison of Postoperative Pain in Primary Cemented Total Knee Arthroplasty With or Without Drain' on Aug. 04.
Brief Summary: The use of closed aspirative surgical drainage presents a truly questionable role in the field of orthopedic surgery.
The pathophysiological mechanisms on which it acts have been widely theorized, as well as the disadvantages that could be associated, both at a biological and socio-sanitary level, so that clinical guidelines opt to leave the decision to the surgeon's discretion.
Although its application and postoperative complications in knee arthroplasty are widely documented, the results are inconclusiv...