A Comparative Study of Suture Vs Stapler in Open Abdominal Surgery

International Journal of Biomedical Research

Sagarkumar Gupta¹  Honeypalsinh Maharaul¹  Shivang Joshi¹ 

[1] Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University

关键词: sutures;    staplers;    surgical wound;   

DOI  :  10.7439/ijbr.v6i9.2546

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Scholar Science Journals

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT:AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of the study wereComparative study between suture v/s stapler in open abdominal surgeryComparing following factorsSurgical site infectionPost operative painPost-operative scarringWound dehiscenceCosmetic appearanceCost effectivenessMATERIALS AND METHOD:A total of 160 cases were included in this study with prior informed consent.Study duration:The study was carried out over a time period of two years from DECEMBER 2011 to SEPTEMBER2013.Study design:The present study was prospective, observational, and comparative.CONCLUSION:Several methods of skin closure are available to close the skin incisions in place of sutures like staples, clips, steristrips and glue adhesives. Wound infection is a great hazard in abdominal skin closure as it can lead to disastrous complications.Cosmesis is essential and important aspect in this day of modern surgical practice. A cosmetic scar gives satisfaction to the patient and also to the surgeon.Preventing wound infection is necessary as it may lead not only to an ugly scar but also occurrence and recurrence of hernia.In our study, comparison of abdominal skin closure with staples and vertical mattress sutures was done. We found that:1) Incidence of post operative wound infection was less with skin staples.2) Skin staples provided better cosmesis than the vertical mattress skin closure.Hence, we conclude that the use of skin staples in low tension incision is easy, associated with low incidence of wound complications, provides good cosmetic outcome and also takes considerably less time for skin closure and thus recommend its use more frequently especially for closure of long and multiple incisions.

【 授权许可】

CC BY