Application of elastic compression bandage after first total
knee arthroplasty

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2737

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: It is still lack of sufficient clinical evidence whether the patients can benefit from the routine use of elastic bandages after total knee arthroplasty.

OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the use of elastic compression bandage after first total knee arthroplasty is beneficial to the prognosis of patients.

METHODS: Totally 60 knee osteoarthritis patients who received bilateral knee arthroplasty in the Department of Joint Surgery, West Coast Hospital Branch of Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University were selected from September 2017 to September 2018. One limb of the patient was covered with a general surgical dressing, while an elastic bandage was applied from the instep to the middle of the thigh (elastic compression bandage group). One limb was covered only with a general surgical dressing (control group). All patients signed the informed consent. The study was approved by the Hospital Ethics Committee. Circumference (thigh, knee and calf), flexural activity (range of motion) and visual analogue scale of the lower extremities were measured at 1, 2, 3 and 7 days after the operation by professionals who were not involved in patient management. Drainage volume 24 hours after operation and the occurrence of complications within 30 days after operation were recorded.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) At 1, 2, 3, and 7 days after surgery, circumference of thigh, knee and calf was smaller in the elastic compression bandage group than in the control group. Range of motion of the knee was better in the elastic compression bandage group than in the control group (P < 0.001). (2) At 1 and 2 days after surgery, resting visual analogue scale scores were higher in the elastic compression bandage group than in the control group (P < 0.001). At 7 days, resting visual analogue scale scores were lower in the elastic compression bandage group than in the control group (P < 0.001). No significant difference in visual analogue scale scores was found between the two groups at 3 days. Sports visual analogue scale scores in the elastic compression bandage group were higher than in the control group at 1 and 2 days (P < 0.001). However, no significant difference in sports visual analogue scale scores was detected between the two groups at 3 and 7 days. (3) There was no difference in wound-healing complications between the two groups, but the sample size was too small for meaningful statistical analysis. (4) There was a statistically significant difference in drainage volume between the two groups at 24 hours after surgery. (5) No deep infection, venous thrombosis or reoperation occurred within 30 days. (6) It is concluded that the application of elastic compression bandage from the instep to the middle of the thigh after the first total knee arthroplasty can effectively reduce the swelling of the operative limb and postoperative blood loss, increase the flexion and extension of the operative limb, which is conducive to the rapid recovery after the operation. It is worth popularizing and applying.

Key words: total knee arthroplasty, elastic compression bandage, knee function, bleeding volume, range of motion

CLC Number:

Zhang Chenglong, Hu Chuan, Zhang Ming, Guo Xianglin, Sun Kang. Application of elastic compression bandage after first total knee arthroplasty[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2020, 24(24): 3851-3856.

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