Tissue Adhesive for Wound Closure Reduces Immediate Postoperative Wound Dressing Changes After Primary TKA: A Randomized Controlled Study in Simultaneous Bilateral TKA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prolonged wound drainage after TKA is associated with increased risk of infection. To decrease wound drainage, tissue adhesive has been suggested as an adjunct to wound closure after TKA; however, no studies of which we are aware have investigated the effect of tissue adhesive in a modern fast-track TKA setting.

Questions/purposes

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of wound closure using a high-viscosity tissue adhesive in simultaneous bilateral TKA with respect to (1) postoperative wound drainage, measured as number of dressing changes in the first 72 hours postoperatively; and (2) wound healing assessed using the ASEPSIS score.

Methods

Thirty patients undergoing simultaneous bilateral TKA were included in the study. The left knee was ran

SUBMITTER: Gromov K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000100 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature