From: The impact of novel anchored barbed suture for capsular closure on hospital length of stay after total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study
Traditional Suture(n = 257)
Barbed Suture(n = 257)
P value
Operative time (minutes)
104.50 ± 18.80
99.88 ± 14.89
0.016
Postoperative length of stay (days)
2.33 ± 0.80
2.10 ± 0.57
0.004
Discharge within 2 days, N (%)
112 (74.2)
142 (87.7)