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Optimal Management of Extreme Obesity and Severe Knee Osteoarthritis Feasibility Trial

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Nova Scotia Health Authority
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorNova Scotia Health Authority
Started2022-04-22
Est. completion2027-07
Eligibility
Age18 Years – 65 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT05120492

Summary

Does weight loss surgery in patients with morbid obesity prior to knee replacement surgery improve outcomes from knee replacement surgery

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years – 65 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

severe knee osteoarthritis body-mass index of 45 to 60

Exclusion Criteria:

previous total replacement of the same knee, a need for bilateral total knee replacement, and knee pain during the previous week that the patient rated at higher than 60 mm on a 100-mm visual-analogue scale. Also,prior bariatric or complex foregut surgery, significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, liver, gastrointestinal, psychiatric disorders, pregnancy, malignancy within last 5 years, anemia, coagulopathy requiring anti-coagulation therapy.

Conditions3

ArthritisKnee OsteoarthritisMorbid Obesity

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