Comparison of interrupted versus continuous closure in abdominal wound repair: A meta-analysis of 23 trials

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 115-123

  Gupta, Himanshu ^a   Srivastava, Anurag ^a,e   Menon, Geetha R ^b   Agrawal, Chandra Sekhar ^c   Chumber, Sunil ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^d  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^d KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Meta analysis; Operative surgical procedures; Surgical wound dehiscence; Suture techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749127045     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1015-9584(08)60069-x     Document Type: Article

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