NCT03788239

Wound Closure After Total Knee Replacement

Wound Closure After Total Knee Replacement: Comparison Between Staples and Sutures.

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 211 (actual)
• Sponsor: Indus Hospital and Health Network · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To compare the wound healing after total knee replacement wound closure with staples versus subcuticular prolene suture.

Detailed description

.Informed consent will be taken from all the patients who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria and then will be randomized into one of the two study arms (Arm 1: will undergo wound closure with staples and Arm 2 wound closure with subcuticular prolene suture). before the start of surgery. The primary investigator will open the sealed envelopes provided by the Indus Hospital Research Center's Clinical Research Unit (CRU) that provides the study arm allocation. The envelopes will follow the SNOSE protocol i.e. they will be sequentially numbered, opaque sealed envelopes. Before opening the envelope, the primary investigator will write the patient's medical record number, date and will sign the envelope. The envelope will contain carbon paper which will transfer the data allocation paper inside.

Conditions

• Wound of Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Staples versus sutures	Prolene suture: non-absorbable, sterile surgical suture composed of an isotactic crystalline steroisomer of polypropylene, a synthetic linear polyolefin. After completion of the procedure, deep tissues will closed with subcuticular prolene suture. Compared to the absorbable sutures, prolene is known to cause less infection since it is a monofilament material. Staples: specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds. After completion of the procedure, deep tissues were closed with absorbable braided suture, then the skin will be closed by staples.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-19
• Primary completion: 2021-12-31
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2018-12-27
• Last updated: 2024-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan