Inpatient vs Outpatient Total Knee Replacement
Key facts
- Who runs it
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
- Where
- Canada1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 123 people enrolled
- Started
- 22 Oct 2020
- Ended
- 14 Feb 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Outpatient
- Inpatient
- Record updated
- 6 March 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Osteoarthritis of the knee
- Booked for primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty
- Have the ability to read and understand English (printed instructions are provided in English only)
- Home / cell phone access
- Planning to be discharged to home environment
- Patient has an adult to accompany them home post-operatively
Who cannot take part
- Cognitive issues that preclude the ability to understand instructions or provide informed consent
- Lack of a social supports at home
- American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) score equal to or less than 4
This trial has no sites in United States.
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is a prospective cohort study comparing standard inpatient (overnight hospital stay) total knee arthroplasty with same day discharge. Patients who are medically well and have a good support structure at home will be recruited. This study will compare patient satisfaction and costs from the perspectives of the Ministry of Health, the institution, society and the patient.
The 2 groups in the trial
- OutpatientTreatment being tested
Patients in the outpatient group (same day discharge following TKA) are discharged the same day following surgery. All patients are required to meet the discharge criteria to be sent home (i.e., capable of using crutches, relatively free of pain, free of nausea and vomiting, free of excess bleeding, alert and oriented, given take-home medications, and in the company of a caregiver).
- InpatientExisting treatment, for comparison
Patients in the inpatient group (following day discharge following TKA) stay in the hospital overnight and then are discharged home the next day. All patients are required to meet the discharge criteria to be sent home (i.e., capable of using crutches, relatively free of pain, free of nausea and vomiting, free of excess bleeding, alert and oriented, given take-home medications, and in the company of a caregiver).
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Cost and Patient Satisfaction Associated With Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Record updated
- 6 March 2025