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Knotless Suture in Revision Total Joint Arthroplasty

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November 2024

Knotless Suture in Revision Total Joint Arthroplasty

Vol: 306| Issue: 11| Number:2| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Knotless suture in revision total joint arthroplasty: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg . 2024 May;144(5):2207-2212.

Contributing Authors:
I Ashkenazi WD Sobba JS Morton T Bieganowski I Shichman R Schwarzkopf

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Synopsis

Eighty patients undergoing revision total joint arthroplasty were randomized to receive either barbed suture wound closure (n=40) or conventional suture wound closure (n=40). The primary outcome of interest was the duration of wound closure. Secondary outcomes included closure rate, the number of sutures used, incidence of postoperative complications, and scar assessment scores. Outcomes were asse...

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