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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics and Surgical Approach

From: A comparison between barbed suture and conventional suture in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Included Trials

type study

country

total

Gender (F/M)

Age (years)

BMI (kg/m2)

Surgical Approach

Clinical Outcomes

T

C

T

C

T

C

  

Eickmann, 2010 [13]

retrospective study

USA

178

54/32

56/23

67.6 ± 10

68 ± 9.7

N

N

N

2, 3, 4

Jeremy, 2012 [4]

retrospective study

USA

191

66/32

55/30

61 ± 11

63 ± 11

32 ± 7

33 ± 7

medial parapatellar

3, 4

Nicholas, 2012 [12]

RCT

USA

35

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N

2

Jeremy, 2014 [11]

RCT

USA

394

114/77

126/77

64 ± 10

63 ± 10

33 ± 8

33 ± 8

medial parapatellar

2, 3, 5, 6

Eric, 2014 [10]

RCT

USA

18

5/5

5/3

59.2 (37–82)

70.6 (58–86)

37.7 (25.5–42.7)

30.1 (22.7–44.4)

medial parapatellar

1, 3, 4

Alexander, 2015 [8]

RCT

USA

100

29/21

29/21

68.1 ± 8.5

68.1 ± 8.5

30.1 ± 4.6

30.1 ± 4.6

medial parapatellar

1, 2, 5, 6, 7,8

Aditya, 2015 [9]

retrospective study

USA

190

93/22

59/16

65 ± 9

61 ± 8

34 ± 6.4

34.3 ± 7.1

medial parapatellar

4

Chan, 2017 [15]

RCT

China

109

46/9

47/7

70.5 ± 8.2

70.4 ± 8.9

26.8 ± 1.2

26.5 ± 3.9

N

2, 7, 8

Rajesh, 2017 [16]

RCT

India

170

59/21

70/20

63.1 ± 8.8

60 ± 10.2

N

N

medial parapatellar

1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Li, 2019 [14]

RCT

China

76

30/8

30/8

43.76 (22–70)

43.76 (22–70)

23.78 ± 2.98

23.78 ± 2.98

medial parapatellar

1, 2

Carlo, 2019 [17]

RCT

Spain

85

61.4%/38.6%

68.3% /31.7%

73.8 ± 7.5

74.2 ± 8.2

30.6 ± 4.6

30.2 ± 5

N

2, 4, 5

Total

  

1546

        
  1. T, barbed suture group; C, traditional Suture group; N, not informed
  2. 1, capsule suture time (min); 2, Superficial infection; 3, Deep infection; 4, dehiscence; 5, Suture breakage; 6, Needle stick; 7, Hospital for Special Surgery score; 8, knee society score; *, The authors did not mention the data of TKA separately