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Sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: A recently published meta-analysis comparing metallic staples to sutures in orthopaedic procedures revealed three fold increase in risk for infection in stapled wounds. The studies included in the meta-analysis are at risk of bias due to experimental design limitations. A large randomize...

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Autores principales: Shantz, Jesse A, Vernon, James, Leiter, Jeff, Morshed, Saam, Stranges, Gregory
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22672186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-89