1. The efficacy and safety of knotless barbed sutures in total joint arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials
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Minghui Luo, Han Yanhong, Jianke Pan, Jun Liu, Da Guo, Jiongtong Lin, Weiyi Yang, Lingfeng Zeng, and Guihong Liang
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Joint arthroplasty ,Knee Joint ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ,Operative Time ,030230 surgery ,Cochrane Library ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Postoperative Complications ,Randomized controlled trial ,Suture (anatomy) ,law ,medicine ,Humans ,Knotless barbed sutures ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Statistical analysis ,Patient Reported Outcome Measures ,Range of Motion, Articular ,Methodological quality ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,030222 orthopedics ,Sutures ,business.industry ,Total joint arthroplasties ,Knotted traditional sutures ,General Medicine ,Equipment Design ,Surgery ,Orthopaedic Surgery ,Meta-analysis ,Orthopedic surgery ,Randomized control trials, meta-analysis ,business - Abstract
Background The knotless barbed sutures (KBS) are an innovative type of suture that can accelerate the placement of sutures and eliminate knot tying. Whether the KBS are safe and efficient in total joint arthroplasty (TJA) remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate its efficacy and safety. Methods Randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) were identified from the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases up to October 2017. The Cochrane risk of bias tool was used to assess methodological quality. The statistical analysis was performed with RevMan 5.3.5 software. Results A total of five RCTs (600 participants) were included in our meta-analysis. The results showed that KBS reduced wound suture time (MD − 4.51, 95% CI − 5.37 to − 3.66, P
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- 2018