Sutures for Treatment of Knee Arthroscopy

Knee Arthroscopy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Absorbable Versus Nonabsorbable Sutures for the Treatment of Knee Arthroscopy: A Prospective Comparison of Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05822973
• Other study ID #: KFRE18D.721
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 18, 2018
• Est. completion date: April 9, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

For a knee arthroscopy, two small incisions are made at the level of the joint line on each side of the patellar tendon. Closure of surgical incisions consists of using either nonabsorbable or absorbable sutures. Some surgeons prefer using nonabsorbable sutures due to it being easier to tie, these sutures are less likely to break prematurely, and that they elicit a minimal inflammatory response. On the other hand, some surgeons prefer using absorbable sutures due to the time savings of not having to remove the sutures at a later date and that these sutures decrease patient anxiety and discomfort. The purpose of this study is to prospectively investigate and compare patient's pain, swelling and cosmesis following knee arthroscopy surgery between patients who had their arthroscopy portals closed using resorbable sutures vs. patients who had their portals closed using nonabsorbable sutures.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 274
• Est. completion date: April 9, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: April 9, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients ages 18 and older undergoing primary knee arthroscopy for diagnostic arthroscopy, removal of a loose body, chondroplasty, or a partial meniscectomy will be included in this analysis

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing revision knee arthroscopy as well as patients undergoing ACL reconstruction or meniscal repair surgery will be excluded from this analysis.

• Patients under the age of 18 will be excluded as well.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Knee Arthroscopy
• Suture

Intervention

Device:
• 3.0 monocryl suture
incision will be closed with absorbable suture
• 3.0 nylon suture
incision will be closed with non-absorbable suture

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Rothman Orthopaedic Institute	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Postoperative Pain Leveles	Pain levels will be recorded through the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	3 months
Primary	Patient Satisfaction	Satisfaction will be measures with customized questions regarding the overall satisfaction of their incision (on a scale of 0 to 10), satisfaction of the suture removal process, complications and swelling	3 months