Absorbable versus nonabsorbable sutures for skin closure: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 598-606

  Xu, Bin ^a   Xu, Bo ^b   Wang, Liwei ^c   Chen, Chunqiu ^a   Yilmaz, Tonguç Utku ^d   Zheng, Wenyan ^e   He, Bin ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

absorbable sutures; cosmetic outcomes; nonabsorbable sutures; randomized controlled trials; skin closure; wound infections

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL MODEL; SUTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 84922229897     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000418     Document Type: Review

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