From: A comparison between barbed suture and conventional suture in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Outcome
Included Trials
Heterogeneity
Analysis Model
Meta-analysis Results
P
I2
OR (95%CI)
Dehiscence
6 [8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17]
0.42
0%
OR, M-H, Fixed
0.99
0.99 (0.41,2.38)
Needle stick
3 [4, 8, 16]
0.79
0.02
0.16 (0.04,0.72)
Suture breakage
3 [4, 16, 17]
0.90
< 0.0001
36.51 (7.06,188.72)