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We first examined quarterly trends in use of barbed sutures, (specifically STRATAFIX\u2122 knotless tissue control devices [KTCD]) and then compared clinical and economic outcomes between KTCD and conventional sutures. Outcomes included wound-related complications (infection\/wound dehiscence) through 90\u00a0days post discharge, operating room (OR) time, hospital costs and 30\/60\/90\u00a0days readmissions. Propensity score weighting was used to address potential confounding in the comparisons of outcomes, performed separately for each procedure. Generalized linear models, accounting for hospital-level clustering, with link functions and error distributions tailored to the empirical distribution of outcomes were used to test for statistically significant differences in outcomes between the KTCD and conventional suture cohorts.\n            <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n            We identified 15,875 patients with CR (668 KTCD), 175,963 patients with TH (15,075 KTCD) and 32,469 patients with VHR (6776 KTCD). Over the study period, the proportion of robotic surgeries using KTCD tripled for CR (2.0\u20136.4%) and TH (2.9\u201310.4%) and more than doubled for VHR (12.2\u201325.3%). Compared with conventional sutures, KTCD was associated with significantly shorter OR time for TH (-19.1\u00a0min, 95% CI: [-30.2, -8.0]) and VHR (-17.3\u00a0min, 95% CI: [-31.4, -3.2]), and was numerically shorter, but did not reach statistical significance for CR (-23.2\u00a0min 95% CI: [-48.1 to 1.7]). All other outcomes were similar between the two suture cohorts for all procedures, apart from CR 90-day readmissions, which were lower for the KTCD cohort (-2.8%, 95% CI: [-5.2 to -0.4%]).\n            <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n            Adoption of KTCD has grown substantially over the past 6\u00a0years. 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