Background: Wound suturing is a procedure performed by medical and surgical specialists. While there are many different suturing techniques and materials used to treat patients, the choice of which to employ depends on different variables that affect the outcome of the procedure.Design and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted to provide descriptive data regarding the practice of wound closure techniques, and to develop an awareness of scar formation factors. A total of 172 general surgery (GS) surgeons and emergency (EM) physicians in Makkah city hospitals in Saudi Arabia participated in the study.Results: More than 50% of the practitioners favored the simple interrupted technique for the treatment of all types of studied wounds. The other most common techniques among participants were the subcuticular and vertical mattress methods, respectively, while the use of a stapler was limited to certain wound types. Regarding suturing material, polyglycolic acid was the most frequent material used by 50.1% of participants, whereas only 22% of the participants selected nylon material for wound suturing. However, this study showed a good level of awareness among participants, with significant p-values (p<0.05) of strongly agree and agree regarding the essential factors affecting wound healing and scar formation.Conclusions: The result provides insight into the most common suture techniques and materials used in wound closure. There are wide variations in selecting these techniques and materials among the participants. Also, we found that there is good awareness among participants about factors that lead to scar formation.
Objectives: In this review we provide an updated concise review about the most common Otorhinolaryngological symptoms in COVID-19 patients. Methods: A searched strategy designed on published literature in different large medical databases and journals using various keywords to get the recent described manifestations. Results: 25 included studies that focused on ENT symptoms and involved the confirmed cases only. 6276 patients were accounted for the results which showed that the most prevalent ENT manifestation were cough in 3498 (56%) patients, headache in 2013 (32%) patients, sore throat in 1966 (31%) patients, anosmia in 1340 (21%) patients, loss of taste in 914 (15%) patients, and rhinorrhea in 196 (3%) patients. Conclusion: Cough was the commonest symptoms which should raise the suspicion to do COVID-19 swab especially if associated with smell and taste disorder.
Objective: Wound suturing is a procedure performed at many medical specialties. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of wound closure techniques by recognizing the common suturing techniques and materials that used in different type of wounds among surgeons and emergency physicians and to assess the rate of scars formation among their patients in-Mecca City Hospitals, Saudi Arabia.Results:Every participant selects and prefers some methods in wound closure over other methods. Choosing the simple interrupted technique exceeded 50% for all types of studied wounds. The other most common techniques among participants were subcuticular and vertical mattress respectively, also using stabler was limited to some wound types with less percentage than other suture techniques. Regarding suturing material, there are many materials alternatives were selected for the studied wounds such as 23% of participants used Monocryl for eyelid wounds, and 6% for breast wounds, also 9% of participants were using Polypropylene for scalp wounds and 8% for eyelids wounds. This study showed a high level of awareness among participants with a significant p-values regarding the important factors affecting wound healing and scare formation.
Objective: Wound suturing is a procedure performed at many medical specialties. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of wound closure techniques by recognizing the common suturing techniques and materials used in different types of wounds among surgeons and emergency physicians in Mecca hospitals and assessing their awareness about the factors contributing to scars formation and improper wound healing.Result: Choosing the simple interrupted technique exceeded 50% among all other types of studied wounds. The other most common techniques among participants were the subcuticular and vertical mattress, respectively, also using stapler was limited to some wound types. This study showed a high level of awareness among participants with significant p-values (P<0.05) of Strongly agree and Agree regarding the essential factors affecting wound healing and scars formation. The result gives an insight into the most common suture techniques and materials used in wound closure. There are wide variations in selecting these techniques and materials among the participants. Also, it showed that there is good awareness among participants about factors that lead to scar formation.
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