[net-gold] Sutures vs Staples: Which Is Safer Following Orthopaedic Surgery?
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- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:57:57 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:42:01 -0700
From: Lisa Kuipers RN-Medical Detective <LKmeddetective@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Sutures vs Staples: Which Is Safer Following Orthopaedic
Surgery?
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Sutures vs Staples: Which Is Safer
Following Orthopaedic Surgery?
Albert B. Lowenfels, MD
Authors and Disclosures
Posted: 06/30/2010
Sutures Versus Staples for Skin
Closure in Orthopaedic Surgery:
Meta-analysis
Smith TO, Sexton D, Mann C, Donell S
BMJ. 2010;340:c1199
Summary
Is it safer to use sutures or staples
for skin closure after orthopaedic
surgery? The authors performed a
meta-analysis of reports published in the
past 60 years and found that only
6 of 194 originally selected records were
suitable for the analysis. The combined
reports included 332 patients with
suture closure of the wound and 351
patients with staple closure. Most of
the studies were small, but none favored
staple closure. The overall result
favored suture closure because the risk
for wound infection was more than
3-fold greater when staples were used (P = .01).
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/723977?src=mp
<http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/
723977?src=mp&spon=8&uac=53168PV>
&spon=8&uac=53168PV
Respectfully, Lisa Kuipers RN
The Medical Detective
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