Comparison of Knotless Barbed Suture and Standard Suture in Knee Replacement Patients

Washington Hospital Healthcare System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Osteoarthritis; Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Device: standard suture; Device: barbed suture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03031314

WHHSIJRR001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Barbed suture use has been gaining increased acceptance and has been reported to offer potential advantages in wound closure of hip and knee replacement surgeries.

The goal of this study is to compare joint replacement patient outcomes who receive a knotless barbed suture versus a traditional suture (randomized into two arms). The traditional suture used at our joint replacement program is defined as: interrupted sutures to close the retinaculum followed by running monocryl sutures for skin closure. Both knotless barbed suture and the traditional sutures have similar suture size.

Patient outcomes examined will be patient range of motion (recorded daily) and complications with wound healing (evaluated periodically in-person at post-operative visits).

Secondary outcomes examined will include wound drainage on dressings by surface area and weight, as well as the wound cosmesis and perceived presence of subcutaneous surgical knots.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primary joint replacement

Exclusion criteria

• no prior joint surgery
• no infection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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1,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard suture

Active Comparator group

Description:

standard suture used (monocryl)

Treatment:

Device: standard suture

Barbed suture

Active Comparator group

Description:

barbed suture used (Quill suture, Surgical Specialties)

Treatment:

Device: barbed suture