Absorbable versus nonabsorbable sutures in the management of traumatic lacerations and surgical wounds: A meta-analysis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Al Abdullah, Tawfik ^a   Plint, Amy C ^b,d   Fergusson, Dean ^b,c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lacerations; Meta analysis; Sutures

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EMBASE; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LACERATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURING METHOD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; CHILD; CICATRIX; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DEVICE REMOVAL; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34248997568     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000270167.70615.5a     Document Type: Review

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