Sutures for Treatment of Knee Arthroscopy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Suture; Knee Arthroscopy
• Interventions: Device: 3.0 nylon suture; Device: 3.0 monocryl suture

• Registration Number: NCT05822973
• Lead Sponsor: Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Brief Summary

For a knee arthroscopy, two small incisions are made at the level of the joint line on each side of the patellar tendon. Closure of surgical incisions consists of using either nonabsorbable or absorbable sutures. Some surgeons prefer using nonabsorbable sutures due to it being easier to tie, these sutures are less likely to break prematurely, and that they elicit a minimal inflammatory response. On the other hand, some surgeons prefer using absorbable sutures due to the time savings of not having to remove the sutures at a later date and that these sutures decrease patient anxiety and discomfort. The purpose of this study is to prospectively investigate and compare patient's pain, swelling and cosmesis following knee arthroscopy surgery between patients who had their arthroscopy portals closed using resorbable sutures vs. patients who had their portals closed using nonabsorbable sutures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-11-18
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Primary Completion: 2023-04-09
• Study Completion: 2023-04-09
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 274

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients ages 18 and older undergoing primary knee arthroscopy for diagnostic arthroscopy, removal of a loose body, chondroplasty, or a partial meniscectomy will be included in this analysis

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing revision knee arthroscopy as well as patients undergoing ACL reconstruction or meniscal repair surgery will be excluded from this analysis.
• Patients under the age of 18 will be excluded as well.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
would closure using non-absorbable sutures	3.0 nylon suture	Patients randomized into the nonabsorbable suture group will have their incisions closed with either a 3.0 nylon suture
would closure using absorbable sutures	3.0 monocryl suture	patients randomized into the absorbable suture group will have their incisions closed with 3.0 monocryl sutures

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Satisfaction	3 months	Satisfaction will be measures with customized questions regarding the overall satisfaction of their incision (on a scale of 0 to 10), satisfaction of the suture removal process, complications and swelling
Postoperative Pain Leveles	3 months	Pain levels will be recorded through the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rothman Orthopaedic Institute; 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States