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Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography
Introduction Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common procedure with significant advances over the past several years, many pertaining to improved perioperative pain control. Cryotherapy is one method thought to decrease swelling and pain postoperatively. To our knowledge no study has directly visu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739721/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523557 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5126 |
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author | Foster, Devon Williams, Jeb Forte, Antonio J Lesser, Elizabeth R Heckman, Michael G Shi, Glenn G Whalen, Joseph L Wilke, Benjamin K |
author_facet | Foster, Devon Williams, Jeb Forte, Antonio J Lesser, Elizabeth R Heckman, Michael G Shi, Glenn G Whalen, Joseph L Wilke, Benjamin K |
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description | Introduction Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common procedure with significant advances over the past several years, many pertaining to improved perioperative pain control. Cryotherapy is one method thought to decrease swelling and pain postoperatively. To our knowledge no study has directly visualized the effect cryotherapy has on skin blood flow following TKA. The primary aim was to determine if cryotherapy (icing) affects peri-incisional skin blood flow and if this is lessened with an alternate placement of the ice. We hypothesized that blood flow would decrease following cryotherapy, and this decrease would be greater with ice placed directly over the incision as compared to placement along the posterior knee. Methods This study included 10 patients who underwent TKA. During the postoperative hospitalization, they were given an injection of indocyanine green dye. A baseline image was recorded of the skin blood flow. Images were then collected following a five-minute interval placement of ice over the incision. The experiment was then repeated with the ice placed along the posterior knee. Results There was an approximate 40% decrease in skin blood flow following placement of the ice compared to baseline. We observed a greater decrease in blood flow when ice was placed over the incision as compared to when ice was placed posterior to the knee (p ≤ 0.020). Conclusion We found a significant decrease in peri-incisional blood flow with icing of the knee. Physicians should be cognizant of this when recommending cryotherapy to patients after surgery, especially in at-risk wounds. |
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spelling | pubmed-67397212019-09-13 Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography Foster, Devon Williams, Jeb Forte, Antonio J Lesser, Elizabeth R Heckman, Michael G Shi, Glenn G Whalen, Joseph L Wilke, Benjamin K Cureus Pain Management Introduction Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common procedure with significant advances over the past several years, many pertaining to improved perioperative pain control. Cryotherapy is one method thought to decrease swelling and pain postoperatively. To our knowledge no study has directly visualized the effect cryotherapy has on skin blood flow following TKA. The primary aim was to determine if cryotherapy (icing) affects peri-incisional skin blood flow and if this is lessened with an alternate placement of the ice. We hypothesized that blood flow would decrease following cryotherapy, and this decrease would be greater with ice placed directly over the incision as compared to placement along the posterior knee. Methods This study included 10 patients who underwent TKA. During the postoperative hospitalization, they were given an injection of indocyanine green dye. A baseline image was recorded of the skin blood flow. Images were then collected following a five-minute interval placement of ice over the incision. The experiment was then repeated with the ice placed along the posterior knee. Results There was an approximate 40% decrease in skin blood flow following placement of the ice compared to baseline. We observed a greater decrease in blood flow when ice was placed over the incision as compared to when ice was placed posterior to the knee (p ≤ 0.020). Conclusion We found a significant decrease in peri-incisional blood flow with icing of the knee. Physicians should be cognizant of this when recommending cryotherapy to patients after surgery, especially in at-risk wounds. Cureus 2019-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6739721/ /pubmed/31523557 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5126 Text en Copyright © 2019, Foster et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pain Management Foster, Devon Williams, Jeb Forte, Antonio J Lesser, Elizabeth R Heckman, Michael G Shi, Glenn G Whalen, Joseph L Wilke, Benjamin K Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography |
title | Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography |
title_full | Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography |
title_fullStr | Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography |
title_full_unstemmed | Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography |
title_short | Application of Ice for Postoperative Total Knee Incisions – Does this Make Sense? A Pilot Evaluation of Blood Flow Using Fluorescence Angiography |
title_sort | application of ice for postoperative total knee incisions – does this make sense? a pilot evaluation of blood flow using fluorescence angiography |
topic | Pain Management |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739721/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523557 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5126 |
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