05 August 2020: Clinical Research
Are There Lower Complication Rates with Bidirectional Barbed Suture in Total Knee Arthroplasty Incision Closure? A Randomized Clinical Trial
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
Table 1 Patient demographics of three groups.
| A group | B group | C group | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.809 | |||
| Male | 53 (27.5%) | 49 (25.1%) | 54 (27.8%) | |
| Female | 140 (72.5%) | 146 (74.9%) | 140 (72.2%) | |
| Age (years) | 64.8±8.7 | 66.0±9.2 | 65.0±8.7 | 0.309 |
| BMI (kg/m) | 24.1±2.7 | 24.4±2.9 | 24.0±2.7 | 0.500 |
| Preoperative hemoglobin (g/L) | 133.9±9.3 | 135.1±9.7 | 133.8±8.3 | 0.280 |
| Preoperative albumin (g/L) | 39.5±1.7 | 39.6±1.7 | 39.4±1.4 | 0.395* |
| Diabetes | 11 (5.7%) | 13 (6.7%) | 12 (6.2%) | 0.925 |
| Renal insufficiency | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (1.0%) | 0.812 |
| Immune dysfunction | 1 (0.5%) | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.602 |
| Smoking | 37 (19.2%) | 34 (17.4%) | 41 (21.1%) | 0.636 |
| * Welch’s ANOVA. | ||||