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

BACKGROUND: In the spectrum of surgical decision-making, wound closure material is often an afterthought. However, the findings of a recent meta-analysis suggest that the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) is increased by using staples to close surgical wounds. Less clear is the effect of closu...

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Autores principales: Slade Shantz, Jesse A, Vernon, James, Morshed, Saam, Leiter, Jeff, Stranges, Gregory
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-7-6
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author Slade Shantz, Jesse A
Vernon, James
Morshed, Saam
Leiter, Jeff
Stranges, Gregory
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description BACKGROUND: In the spectrum of surgical decision-making, wound closure material is often an afterthought. However, the findings of a recent meta-analysis suggest that the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) is increased by using staples to close surgical wounds. Less clear is the effect of closure material on the incidence of non-infectious wound complications. The aim of this study was to compare sutures and staples in terms of: incidence of wound complications to determine the sample size for a definitive trial comparing wound closure methods. METHODS: Eligible adult orthopaedic patients were randomized to have wounds closed with sutures or staples. Time for skin closure was recorded. Wounds were assessed for complications for six weeks. The incidence of complications was compared using Fisher’s exact test. Time to close and pain with removal of closure material were compared using a Student’s t-test. RESULTS: The total number of patients reporting a wound complication was 59 of 148 patients completing six-week followup (41%), with no differennce between sutures and staples (RR = 0.77, CI = 0.52–1.14). The time to close wounds was shorter in the staple group (mean=4.8 min, CI = 2.6–7.1) than the suture group (mean=12 min, CI = 7.9–16). Patients in the staple group (mean=3.7, CI =2.8–4.6) reported more pain with removal than suture group (mean=2.5, CI =1.6–3.4). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that 42% of patients report a wound complication with no difference between sutures and staples. It was demonstrated that suturing skin requires more time and staples are more painful to remove. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT01146236 (registered June 14, 2010)
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spelling pubmed-35987322013-03-16 Sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial Slade Shantz, Jesse A Vernon, James Morshed, Saam Leiter, Jeff Stranges, Gregory Patient Saf Surg Research BACKGROUND: In the spectrum of surgical decision-making, wound closure material is often an afterthought. However, the findings of a recent meta-analysis suggest that the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) is increased by using staples to close surgical wounds. Less clear is the effect of closure material on the incidence of non-infectious wound complications. The aim of this study was to compare sutures and staples in terms of: incidence of wound complications to determine the sample size for a definitive trial comparing wound closure methods. METHODS: Eligible adult orthopaedic patients were randomized to have wounds closed with sutures or staples. Time for skin closure was recorded. Wounds were assessed for complications for six weeks. The incidence of complications was compared using Fisher’s exact test. Time to close and pain with removal of closure material were compared using a Student’s t-test. RESULTS: The total number of patients reporting a wound complication was 59 of 148 patients completing six-week followup (41%), with no differennce between sutures and staples (RR = 0.77, CI = 0.52–1.14). The time to close wounds was shorter in the staple group (mean=4.8 min, CI = 2.6–7.1) than the suture group (mean=12 min, CI = 7.9–16). Patients in the staple group (mean=3.7, CI =2.8–4.6) reported more pain with removal than suture group (mean=2.5, CI =1.6–3.4). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that 42% of patients report a wound complication with no difference between sutures and staples. It was demonstrated that suturing skin requires more time and staples are more painful to remove. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT01146236 (registered June 14, 2010) BioMed Central 2013-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3598732/ /pubmed/23394586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-7-6 Text en Copyright ©2013 Slade Shantz et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Morshed, Saam
Leiter, Jeff
Stranges, Gregory
Sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial
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title_full Sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial
title_fullStr Sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed Sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial
title_short Sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial
title_sort sutures versus staples for wound closure in orthopaedic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-7-6
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