Feasibility of a RCT of tourniquet use in lower limb fracture surgery
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Feasibility study for a randomised trial of tourniquet use in lower limb fracture fixation surgery: perspectives of patients, surgeons and anaesthetists
IRAS ID
293589
Contact name
Muhamed Farhan-Alanie
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
This study involves surveying and interviewing patients who have undergone lower limb fracture fixation surgery at a single centre (UHCW). It also involves surveying and interviewing orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists who use tourniquets as part of their clinical practice at UHCW.
Post-operative patients will be invited to take part. Patients who consent will be asked to complete a survey and invited to attend a semi-structured interview with a GCP trained medical doctor to explore their views on tourniquet use in lower limb fracture fixation surgery. In a similar fashion, trauma and orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists who consent to take part will be asked to complete a survey and invited to interview to explore their views on tourniquet use in lower limb fracture fixation surgery. Interviews will be recorded, transcribed verbatim and anonymised. Following analysis of the interview and survey data, patients, surgeons and anaesthetists taking part in the study will be invited to attend a consensus meeting to enable participants to help interpret and obtain consensus on the results.
REC name
London - Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/PR/0779
Date of REC Opinion
9 Jul 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion