Table 1.

Summary of patient demographics*

Patient cohort	Age (years)	Sex	Body mass index (kg/m2)	Wound healing comorbidities	Wound complications
Overall patient cohort (n = 45)	70 (42–88)	30 women, 15 men	33 (23–60)	0 (17)	1 (SSI)
Running subcuticular (n = 15)	71 (53–88)	12 women, 3 men	33 (25–50)	0 (7)	0
Vertical mattress (n = 15)	70 (56–86)	8 women, 7 men	31 (23–42)	0 (6)	1 (SSI)
Skin staple (N = 15)	69 (42–85)	10 women, 5 men	36 (23–60)	0 (4)	0

* Wound healing comorbidities included previous surgery about the knee, diabetes mellitus, history of smoking within the previous year, peripheral arterial disease, chronic or recent infection, long-term or recent anticoagulation (aspirin excluded), long-term or recent steroid use (intranasal and inhaled excluded); numbers for age and body mass index are reported as means with ranges; sex and wound complications are reported as total counts; wound healing comorbidities are reported as total counts with number of former smokers in parentheses; SSI = superficial site infection.