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International Surgery and Ortho Conference
October 25-26, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Case Rep Surg Invasive Proced 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3
IceBand® knee brace towards rapid rehabilitation in post-operative total knee replacements: A
prospective trial
Mansoor Jafri, Aftab Ahmad
and
Perrico Nunag
Dr. Gray’s Hospital, Scotland
I
ceBand® is a disposable cooling compression brace made
of protective non-woven fabrics. It is available as a pair and
uses pure water and phase changing element technology
providing long lasting cooling effects to swollen and warm
postoperative knees. This is safe, simple, and efficient way to
faster rehabilitation and postoperative pain relief. The trial was
compared against previously used Cryo-Cuffs which were bulky,
cools off quickly and required attachment to a water cooler,
involving staff help. It required re-chilling after first half hour
and last for twenty minutes only. Cleaning is required before
using for another subject to avoid risk of infection transmission.
In contrast, IceBand® provided cooling phase lasting more than
sixty minutes, and reusable up to thirty times after repeated
cooling of spare brace in freezer. It hardly required any staff
involvement and the subjects were mobile independently as
there was no attachment to the water cooler. Twelve random
patients participated in the trial. Each used both methods for
half a day. Questionnaires were handed to patients asking
parameters of user friendly, security, interference with mobility,
pain relief, preference of method and complications if any.
Each parameter was given a score and average calculated. All
patients opted for IceBand®, as it is comfortable for mobility,
lighter, simple application, user friendly, longer lasting and
re-useable spare available to take home, and disposed as
household waste. Pain relief scored is 8.5 for IceBand® vs 5.25
for cryo-cuff. Mobility score 8.58 vs six application ease 9.5 vs.
5.75 and overall score of 38.33 vs. 23.
Speaker Biography
Mansoor Jafri is an Orthopedic Surgeon working at Dr. Gray’s Hospital, Scotland.
e:
mjafri@nhs.net