Analysis of Standard Versus Barbed Sutures in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
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Official title
Clinical Outcomes and Cost Analysis of Standard Versus Barbed Sutures for Closure in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Single Blinded Multicenter Prospective Randomized Trial.
Brief summary
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The purpose of this prospective study is determine if barbed sutures are more efficient, have comparable complication rates, clinical outcomes, and cosmesis outcomes versus traditional knotted sutures when used in the closure of primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Barbed suture has been associated with improved closure efficiency and safety in TKA in prior studies. The investigators performed a multicenter randomized controlled trial to determine the efficiency and safety of this technology in TKA. The investigators prospectively randomized 411 patients undergoing primary TKA to either barbed running (n=191) or knotted interrupted suture closure (n=203). Closure time was measured intraoperatively. Cost analysis was based on suture and operating room time costs.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01320371
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 363 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 80 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2010
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2013
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2013
- Last update posted
- Feb 3, 2014
2011 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 4
- U.S. cities
- 4
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University Health System | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| Joint Implant Surgeons Inc, | New Albany | Ohio | 43054 | — |
| Scott and White HealthCare | Temple | Texas | 76508 | — |
| University of Utah Orthopedics Center | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84106 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 3, 2014 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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