Suture versus staples for skin closure after cesarean: A metaanalysis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 621.e1-621.e10

  MacKeen, Awathif Dhanya ^a   Schuster, Meike ^a   Berghella, Vincenzo ^b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean incision; closure staples; complications; suture wound

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NOCICEPTION; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLIGLECAPRONE SUTURE; POLYGLACTIN SUTURE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID SUTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SKIN INCISION; STAPLER; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROMA; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84928825684     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.12.020     Document Type: Article

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