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 2 Knee Society scores.
Knee Society score components | A group | B group | C group | F | P |
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Preoperative clinical score | 50.3±3.6 | 49.5±7.8 | 50.1±4.8 | 0.749 | 0.474 |
Preoperative functional score | 65.1±4.7 | 49.5±7.8 | 65.2±4.6 | 0.289 | 0.749 |
Preoperative total | 115.3±5.6 | 114.3±9.3 | 115.3±6.5 | 0.881 | 0.415 |
Postoperative clinical score | 87.6±6.1 | 87.2±4.9 | 87.0±6.1 | 0.558 | 0.573 |
Postoperative functional score | 78.7±3.1 | 78.3±7.4 | 78.9±4.2 | 0.416 | 0.660 |
Postoperative total | 166.4±6.8 | 166.7±10.1 | 165.9±7.7 | 0.421 | 0.656 |
Total score improvement | 51.0±8.7 | 52.3±14.1 | 50.5±9.9 | 1.033 | 0.357 |