Efficacy of Peroperative Suction Drain Usage in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Efficacy of Peroperative Suction Drain Usage in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

The study was designed to investigate efficacy of suction drains in arthroscopic knee surgery, rather than anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. two groups were randomised, and suction drain was applied to one group, and the other group as the control group without a suction drain.

The groups were compared in terms of patellar shock, knee effusion, knee scoring systems, range of motion, loss of labour, hospitalization time. Also different arthroscopic procedures such as meniscectomy, meniscus repair, synovectomy and microfracture were evaluated in terms of need for a suction drain. The controls was at 1st and 15th day, 6th week and 3rd month.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with knee derangement and accepted to enroll to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• intraarticular fracture, ACL surgery, arthrotomy, bleeding disorder,