Effect of High-pressure Pulsatile Lavage Versus Manual Rinsing on Bone Cement Penetration in Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT ID: NCT06032507

Last Updated: 2025-11-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-01

Study Completion Date

2024-09-10

Brief Summary

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Background

Bone irrigation is essential in cemented total knee arthroplasty surgical technique in order to improve cement penetration and interdigitation into cancellous bone, that is going to determine the strength of the bone-cement interface.

Purpose

To report the effect of high-pressure pulsatile lavage versus manual rinsing on bone cement penetration in total knee arthroplasty.

Methods

This is a single-centre, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial. The study included 100 patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty. All patients meeting inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to the pulsed lavage or non-pulsed lavage group. The cumulative bone cement penetration was radiologically assessed in antero posterior and lateral radiograph views in 10 zones according to the Knee Society Scoring System. A statistical analysis was performed between both groups comparing bone cement penetration cumulative scores.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Knee

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

100 patients undergoing primary TKA
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Pulsed lavagegroup

Bone cementation with previous high-pressure pulsatile lavage

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bone lavage previous to cementation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Bone lavage previous to cementation in total knee arthroplasty

Non-pulsed lavage group

Bone cementation with previous manual rinsing lavage

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bone lavage previous to cementation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Bone lavage previous to cementation in total knee arthroplasty

Interventions

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Bone lavage previous to cementation

Bone lavage previous to cementation in total knee arthroplasty

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \>60 years
* Age \<89 years
* Clinical symptoms of knee osteoarthritis
* Failed conservative treatment

Exclusion Criteria

* Metal allergies
* Active or latent knee sepsis
* Extensor mechanism dysfunction
* Morbid obesity
* Several peripheral vascular disease
* Noncompliance due to major psychiatric or neurological disorders.
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

89 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Sharkey PF, Hozack WJ, Rothman RH, Shastri S, Jacoby SM. Insall Award paper. Why are total knee arthroplasties failing today? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2002 Nov;(404):7-13. doi: 10.1097/00003086-200211000-00003.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12439231 (View on PubMed)

Peters CL, Craig MA, Mohr RA, Bachus KN. Tibial component fixation with cement: full- versus surface-cementation techniques. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Apr;(409):158-68. doi: 10.1097/01.blo.0000058638.94987.20.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12671498 (View on PubMed)

Maistrelli GL, Antonelli L, Fornasier V, Mahomed N. Cement penetration with pulsed lavage versus syringe irrigation in total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1995 Mar;(312):261-5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7634612 (View on PubMed)

Clarius M, Seeger JB, Jaeger S, Mohr G, Bitsch RG. The importance of pulsed lavage on interface temperature and ligament tension force in cemented unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2012 May;27(4):372-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.10.006. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22051198 (View on PubMed)

Jaeger S, Seeger JB, Schuld C, Bitsch RG, Clarius M. Tibial cementing in UKA: a three-dimensional analysis of the bone cement implant interface and the effect of bone lavage. J Arthroplasty. 2013 Oct;28(9 Suppl):191-4. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.05.014. Epub 2013 Jun 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23790498 (View on PubMed)

Ritter MA, Herbst SA, Keating EM, Faris PM. Radiolucency at the bone-cement interface in total knee replacement. The effects of bone-surface preparation and cement technique. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1994 Jan;76(1):60-5. doi: 10.2106/00004623-199401000-00008.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8288666 (View on PubMed)

Ewald FC. The Knee Society total knee arthroplasty roentgenographic evaluation and scoring system. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1989 Nov;(248):9-12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 2805502 (View on PubMed)

Wing N, Van Zyl N, Wing M, Corrigan R, Loch A, Wall C. Reliability of three radiographic classification systems for knee osteoarthritis among observers of different experience levels. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Feb;50(2):399-405. doi: 10.1007/s00256-020-03551-4. Epub 2020 Aug 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32780155 (View on PubMed)

Schlegel UJ, Bishop NE, Puschel K, Morlock MM, Nagel K. Comparison of different cement application techniques for tibial component fixation in TKA. Int Orthop. 2015 Jan;39(1):47-54. doi: 10.1007/s00264-014-2468-x. Epub 2014 Aug 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25082179 (View on PubMed)

Ramirez-Bermejo E, Fa-Binefa M, Pilco-Inga J, Jordan-Sales M, Aguilera-Roig X, Gonzalez-Rodriguez JC. Effect of high-pressure pulsatile lavage versus manual rinsing on bone cement penetration in total knee arthroplasty: a randomized clinical trial. Knee Surg Relat Res. 2025 Nov 4;37(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s43019-025-00298-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 41188974 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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IIBSP-HPL-2021-90

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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