Subcuticular sutures versus staples for skin closure after open gastrointestinal surgery: A phase 3, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9898, 2013, Pages 1105-1112

  Tsujinaka, Toshimasa ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi ^b   Fujita, Junya ^c   Endo, Shunji ^d   Kawada, Junji ^e   Nakahira, Shin ^f   Shimokawa, Toshio ^g   Kobayashi, Shogo ^h   Yamasaki, Makoto ^h   Akamaru, Yusuke ^j   Miyamoto, Atsushi ^b   Mizushima, Tsunekazu ^h   Shimizu, Junzo ^k   Umeshita, Koji ^h   Ito, Toshinori ^h,i   Doki, Yuichiro ^h   Mori, Masaki ^h  

^a Kaizuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Higashiosaka City General Hospital   (Japan)

^e Department of Paediatrics   (Japan)

^f KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^h Department of Gastroenterological Surgery ^*  (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^j OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACUTANEOUS SUTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCAR FORMATION; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84884659214     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61780-8     Document Type: Article

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