Are There Lower Complication Rates with Bidirectional Barbed Suture in Total Knee Arthroplasty Incision Closure? A Randomized Clinical Trial

05 August 2020 : Clinical Research

Shuo Feng^1ABCDE, Ye Zhang^1ABCDE, Feng Zhang^2CE, Zhi Yang^1AC, Xiang-Yang Chen^1ADEF*, Guo-Chun Zha^1ADEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.922783

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e922783

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Table 4 Complicatio ns of three groups.

Group	Number	Effusion	Blisters	Hematoma	Skin margin necrosis	Superficial Infection	Deep infection	Complication rate
A	193	7 (3.6%)	2 (1.0%)	5 (2.6%)	1 (0.5%)	19 (9.8%)	4 (2.1%)	19.7%
B	195	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0	6 (3.1%)	1 (0.5%)	7.2%
C	194	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	0	8 (4.1%)	2 (1.0%)	9.3%
P		0.163	0.817	0.767	0.364		0.357

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