Elastic Compression Dressing after Total Hip Replacement Slightly Reduces Leg Swelling: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Leg Swelling
2.2. Blood Loss
2.3. Sample Size and Power
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Leg Swelling
3.2. Blood Loss
3.3. C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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CDG | CG | p-Value | p-Value (Adjusted *) | |
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Total | 153 | 153 | 1.00 | |
Male sex | 71 (46.4%) | 65 (42.5%) | 0.49 | |
Age [y] | 64.07 ± 0.99 | 64.57 ± 11.75 | 0.81 | |
Obesity | 38 (24.8%) | 34 (22.2%) | 0.59 | |
Overweight | 118 (77.1%) | 116 (75.8%) | 0.87 | |
BMI [kg/m2] | 28.66 ± 4.95 | 28.96 ± 5.34 | 0.31 | |
Diabetes | 22 (14.4%) | 21 (13.7%) | 0.87 | |
Renal failure | 6 (3.9%) | 11 (7.2%) | 0.21 | |
Osteoporosis | 12 (7.8%) | 11 (7.2%) | 0.83 | |
Hypertension | 97 (63.4%) | 91 (59.5%) | 0.48 | |
Coronary disease | 8 (5.2%) | 8 (5.2%) | 1.00 | |
Length of stay [d] | 5.93 ± 0.67 | 5.91 ± 0.84 | 0.38 | |
Surgery time [min] | 51.39 ± 17.39 | 55.40 ± 21.76 | 0.04 | |
Anterolateral approach | 130 (85.0%) | 132 (86.3%) | 0.87 | |
Dorsolateral approach | 23 (15.0%) | 21 (13.7%) | 0.81 | |
Blood transfusion | 0 | 0 | - | |
p.o. Leg swelling [L] | 0.24 ± 0.23 | 0.31 ± 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
EBV [L] | 5.01 ± 1.04 | 4.85 ± 0.97 | 0.09 | - |
EBL p.o. day 1 [L] | 0.43 ± 0.19 | 0.46 ± 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.24 |
EBL p.o. day 3 [L] | 0.56 ± 0.25 | 0.61 ± 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.24 |
EBL p.o. day 5 [L] | 0.72 ± 0.26 | 0.73 ± 0.23 | 0.38 | - |
CDG | CG | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
BMI < 25 kg/m2 [n] | 35 | 36 | |
Leg swelling [L] | 0.22 ± 0.28 | 0.35 ± 0.34 | 0.04 |
Blood loss p.o. day 1 [L] | 0.34 ± 0.16 | 0.45 ± 0.17 | 0.01 |
Blood loss p.o. day 3 [L] | 0.50 ± 0.24 | 0.61 ± 0.21 | 0.06 |
Blood loss p.o. day 5 [L] | 0.62 ± 0.24 | 0.68 ± 0.17 | 0.14 |
BMI 25–35 kg/m2 [n] | 96 | 106 | |
Leg swelling [L] | 0.24 ± 0.22 | 0.32 ± 0.28 | 0.02 |
Blood loss p.o. day 1 [L] | 0.45 ± 0.19 | 0.46 ± 0.18 | 0.33 |
Blood loss p.o. day 3 [L] | 0.56 ± 0.23 | 0.60 ± 0.26 | 0.10 |
Blood loss p.o. day 5 [L] | 0.72 ± 0.24 | 0.72 ± 0.23 | 0.47 |
BMI > 35 kg/m2 [n] | 12 | 21 | |
Leg swelling [L] | 0.31 ± 0.21 | 0.20 ± 0.18 | 0.06 |
Blood loss p.o. day 1 [L] | 0.49 ± 0.20 | 0.49 ± 0.17 | 0.49 |
Blood loss p.o. day 3 [L] | 0.68 ± 0.38 | 0.63 ± 0.31 | 0.33 |
Blood loss p.o. day 5 [L] | 0.98 ± 0.27 | 0.82 ± 0.25 | 0.07 |
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Rohe, S.; Böhle, S.; Matziolis, G.; Layher, F.; Brodt, S. Elastic Compression Dressing after Total Hip Replacement Slightly Reduces Leg Swelling: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 2207. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13082207
Rohe S, Böhle S, Matziolis G, Layher F, Brodt S. Elastic Compression Dressing after Total Hip Replacement Slightly Reduces Leg Swelling: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(8):2207. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13082207
Chicago/Turabian StyleRohe, Sebastian, Sabrina Böhle, Georg Matziolis, Frank Layher, and Steffen Brodt. 2024. "Elastic Compression Dressing after Total Hip Replacement Slightly Reduces Leg Swelling: A Randomized Controlled Trial" Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, no. 8: 2207. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13082207
APA StyleRohe, S., Böhle, S., Matziolis, G., Layher, F., & Brodt, S. (2024). Elastic Compression Dressing after Total Hip Replacement Slightly Reduces Leg Swelling: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(8), 2207. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13082207