Trial reportAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2006
Above-knee versus below-knee stockings in total knee arthroplasty.
Trial report in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Patient values and preferences regarding VTE disease: a systematic review to inform American Society of Hematology guidelines.Blood advances · 2020Pooled it
- Risk factors for venous thromboembolism of total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review of evidences in ten years.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2015Pooled it
- Knee length versus thigh length graduated compression stockings for prevention of deep vein thrombosis in postoperative surgical patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Non-compressive sleeves versus compression stockings after total knee arthroplasty: A prospective pilot study.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionGraduated compression stockings are frequently used following arthroplasty surgery for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis. There are often strongly held beliefs regarding whether below-knee or above-knee stockings should be used in total knee joint replacement. Many surgeons argue that below-knee stockings are more likely to induce wound complications because of increased swelling above the stocking and the elastic causing localised pressure on the wound. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis study is a prospective comparison of above and below-knee stockings in patients undergoing total knee joint replacement. A total of 50 patients were recruited and studied - 23 patients in the above-knee stocking group and 24 in the below-knee group. Swelling around the knee was measured over the course of an in-patient stay, together with wound complication rates and patients' preference.
resultsNo statistical difference was found between the groups and no difference in wound complication rates was determined.
conclusionsBelow-knee stockings are safe following total knee replacement and are preferred by patients.
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