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Table 3 Meta-analysis Results for Other Outcome Measures

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

P

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%

OR, M-H, Fixed

0.02

0.16 (0.04,0.72)

Suture breakage

3 [4, 16, 17]

0.90

0%

OR, M-H, Fixed

< 0.0001

36.51 (7.06,188.72)