Clinical Outcome and Wound Healing following Carpal Tunnel Decompression: A Comparison of Two Common Suture Materials

Table 3

Summary of literature relating to suture materials in carpal tunnel surgery.

Author	Number of patients	Materials	Outcome
Present study (2013)	53	Vicryl Rapide and Prolene	No difference at 2 or 6 weeks comparing VAS, QuickDASH, or Southampton wound score
Erel et al. (2001) [12]	64	Vicryl and Prolene	Significantly greater VAS pain scores at 10 days in Vicryl but no difference at 6 weeks including wound healing and complication rates
Theopold et al. (2012) [14]	47	Vicryl Rapide and Novafil	No difference in POSAS and numeric scores assessing wound appearance, pain, or satisfaction at 2 and 6 weeks after procedure
Menovsky et al. (2004) [15]	61	Nylon, Vicryl (subcuticular), and stainless steel	No differences in pain scores at 2 and 6 weeks. Increased number of complications with Vicryl