Study of Skin staples and conventional sutures for abdominal clean wound skin closure: A randomized control trial.

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to study the total cost and operative time required for suture and staple Repairs, to study the effect on wound healing and infection rate with the use of Sutures and staples, to study the cosmetic results of these two techniques and to study the degree of patient’s acceptance with the two techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Source of Data: The study was conducted on 100 patients who undergoing elective surgery from January 2010 to March 2014 in BLDE UNIVERSITY, Shri B M Patil medical college Bijapur