Barbed Sutures in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-analysis of Randomized-Controlled Trials

Autor: Lianxu Chen, Xu Cai, Qi Ma, Sha Wu, Changjiao Sun, Ruiyong Du
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The journal of knee surgery. 34(14)
ISSN: 1938-2480
Popis: Newer methods of wound closure such as barbed sutures hold the potential to reduce closure time and equivalent wound complications in various surgeries. However, few studies have compared barbed suture and conventional wound closure techniques in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purpose of this review was to appraise the efficacy and safety of the barbed suture in closure of TKA. We conducted a meta-analysis to identify relevant randomized-controlled trials involving barbed sutures and conventional sutures in TKA in electronic databases, including Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Cochrane Library, Highwire, CBM, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang database, up to August 2019. Finally, we identified 1,472 TKAs (1,270 patients) assessed in 13 randomized-controlled trials. Compared with conventional wound closure techniques, barbed sutures resulted in shorter total wound closure time (p
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