Cosmetic outcomes and patient satisfaction compared between staples and subcuticular suture technique for wound closure after primary total knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- primary OA knee
- Registration Number
- TCTR20200420001
- Lead Sponsor
- none
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 62
patient who underwent primary total knee replacement surgery
1.prior open knee surgery; poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus, which was defined as preoperative fasting blood sugar level of ≥200 mg/dL
2. history of autoimmune diseases or active cancer
3. history of smoking within the past 12 months
4. history of peripheral vascular disorder, such as atherosclerosis, Buerger’s disease, or chronic venous insufficiency
5. obese status, which was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥35 kg/m2
and/or, history of radiation at or around the knee
6. Patients were also excluded if they had taken corticosteroid within 30 days before surgery, except for topical and inhaled corticosteroid and if they were currently taking anticoagulant, except low-dose aspirin
7. Patients who received chemotherapy within the preceding 6 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hollander Wound Evaluation Scale (HWES), cosmetic-visual analogue scale (VAS) 6 week and 3 month follow up scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional outcome by the modified Knee Society Knee Scoring System and wound complications 6 week and 3 month follow up score