Bunion surgery study: does a tourniquet make recovery worse?
NCT ID NCT06680518
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether using a tourniquet during bunion surgery changes how much pain and swelling patients have afterward. Forty-four adults having both feet operated on the same day will be their own controls—one foot gets a tourniquet, the other does not. Researchers will measure pain during the first week and check for swelling and complications at 10 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- tourniquet
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that avoiding a tourniquet reduces pain and swelling after bunion surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 44 patients. The results may not apply to everyone, and the difference between groups might be small.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 44 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 who has been informed and has signed the consent form * Patient to be operated on for bilateral hallux valgus with no difference in the procedure performed between the 2 feet, the deformity must not differ by more than 10° (angle M1P1) between the 2 sides. * Surgery planned on the same day for both feet Exclusion Criteria: * Arthritic hallux valgus requiring arthrodesis * Inflammatory pathology (rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique St Jean Sud de France
RECRUITINGSaint-Jean-de-Védas, 34430, France
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