Sutures for Treatment of Knee Arthroscopy

April 10, 2023 updated by: Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

274

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
        • Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: would closure using absorbable sutures
patients randomized into the absorbable suture group will have their incisions closed with 3.0 monocryl sutures
Device: 3.0 monocryl suture
incision will be closed with absorbable suture
Active Comparator: would closure using non-absorbable sutures
Patients randomized into the nonabsorbable suture group will have their incisions closed with either a 3.0 nylon suture
Device: 3.0 nylon suture
incision will be closed with non-absorbable suture

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Postoperative Pain Leveles
Time Frame: 3 months
Pain levels will be recorded through the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
3 months
Patient Satisfaction
Time Frame: 3 months
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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 18, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 9, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

April 9, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 10, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

April 21, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 21, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KFRE18D.721

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

Yes

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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