Comparing outcomes between barbed and conventional sutures in patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty.

CONCLUSION: Use of barbed sutures was associated with shorter length of stay, operating room time and less resource intensive discharge status as compared with conventional sutures alone. PMID: 30070596 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Comp Eff Res Source Type: research