Wound Closure Materials and Techniques in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Bahattin Kemah
- Where
- Istanbul, TürkiyeSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 90 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Nov 2025
- Planned end
- Aug 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Barbed Suture Wound Closure
- Conventional Suture Wound Closure
- Record updated
- 2 March 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 30 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age ≥ 30 years
- Patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty
- Patients undergoing aseptic revision total hip or knee arthroplasty
- Surgery performed by the same surgical team
- Ability to provide informed consent
Who cannot take part
- Patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy
- Active or previous surgical site infection
- Patients with complicated diabetes mellitus
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Arthroplasty performed due to malignancy
- Age < 30 years
Where in Türkiye
- Ümraniye Training and Research HospitalIstanbul, TürkiyeContact: Bahattin Kemah, MDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This prospective randomized clinical study aims to evaluate the effects of different suture materials and wound closure techniques on wound healing, functional outcomes, and postoperative complications in patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty.
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A total of at least 90 adult patients undergoing primary or aseptic revision lower extremity arthroplasty will be randomized into two groups according to the wound closure material and technique used. All surgeries will be performed by the same surgical team following standardized operative protocols.
Primary outcomes include wound-related complications such as prolonged wound drainage, wound dehiscence, surgical site infection, and local inflammatory findings within 90 days postoperatively. Secondary outcomes include operative time, bleeding amount, cosmetic outcomes, and functional scores.
The results of this study are expected to help determine the most effective and safe wound closure method in lower extremity arthroplasty.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Barbed Suture GroupTreatment being tested
Patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty in whom wound closure is performed using barbed suture material and continuous closure technique.
Treatment: Barbed Suture Wound Closure
- Conventional Suture GroupExisting treatment, for comparison
Patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty in whom wound closure is performed using conventional suture material and standard closure technique.
Treatment: Conventional Suture Wound Closure
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Evaluation of Different Suture Materials and Closure Techniques in Lower Extremity Arthroplasty: Effects on Wound Healing, Functional Outcomes, and Complications
- Record updated
- 2 March 2026