An Auto-Suture instrument

Farringer, J. L.

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(73)90068-8

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“…The present data show that the use of paper tape closure can overcome the disadvantages of percutaneous interrupted sutures, including the greater duration of skin closure, [11][12] higher incidence of subcutaneous hematoma or ecchymosis, discomfort on removal of the sutures, and development of cross-hatching scars. 2,13 In accordance with other studies, 2 our data also confirmed that a greater proportion of patients in the PT group were satisfied with their scar appearance at 6 months after the operation.…”

Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 92%

Prospective Study Comparing Wounds Closed With Tape With Sutured Wounds in Colorectal Surgery

Chen

Tsai²,

Yeh³

et al. 2001

Arch Surg

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Setting: A medical center that offers a mixture of primary, secondary, and tertiary care services. Patients: The group undergoing skin closure with paper tape (PT group) consisted of 150 patients. The group undergoing skin closure with interrupted suture (IS group) also comprised 150 patients. All 300 patients underwent elective colorectal resection in 1997. Main Outcome Measures: The duration of skin closure, wound complication rate, and cosmetic appearance of the scar at 6 months after operation were compared using the 2 test or t test. Results: The mean±SD average duration of skin closure was 116±23 seconds for the PT group and 457±64 seconds for the IS group (PϽ.01). The wound complication rate was 3.3% (3 cases with wound infection; 2 with wound separation) for the PT group and 3.3% (5 cases with wound infection) for the IS group (P=1.0). No significant differences were found between the narrowest width (mean±SD, 2.2±0.9 mm vs 2.3±1.0 mm) and widest width (mean±SD, 4.7±2.0 mm vs 4.3±1.8 mm) of scar formation between the 2 groups at 6 months after the operation. Ninety-eight percent of patients in the PT group reported satisfaction with their scar, compared with 92% in the IS group (P=.03). Conclusion: Compared with the traditional suture method, paper tape closure in the treatment of cleancontaminated wounds was less time consuming and produced greater patient satisfaction with no increased rate of wound complications.

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Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 92%

Prospective Study Comparing Wounds Closed With Tape With Sutured Wounds in Colorectal Surgery

Chen

Tsai²,

Yeh³

et al. 2001

Arch Surg

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“…These greater reductions in closure time may have been due to the larger incisions in some studies (18,20). The closure of the skin with staples in dogs was both safe and simple, and provided a substantial reduction in closure time (a gain of 5.6 minutes), equal to (9,11,38), or greater (10) than that found by others. Eldrup et al (10) saved only 2.7 minutes in a study that was similar to ours with,respect to the length of the skin incision and closure techniques.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Eldrup et al (10) saved only 2.7 minutes in a study that was similar to ours with,respect to the length of the skin incision and closure techniques. In the study of tes), but no subcutaneous suture was used, which may have interfered with the approximation of the wound edges prior to placement of the staples (11). Unexpectedly, the time required for closure of the subcutaneous tissues differed significantly between the two groups.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%