of Stitch Length on Wound Complications After Closure of Midline Incisions: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Effect of Stitch Length on Wound Complications After Closure of Midline Incisions: A Randomized Controlled Trial


Millbourn D, Cengiz Y, Israelsson LA (Sundsvall Hosp, Sweden; Umeå Univ, Sweden) Arch Surg 144:1056-1059, 2009§



G.C. Gurtner, MD



Evidence Ranking


• A



Expert Rating


• 3



Abstract



Hypothesis


In midline incisions closed with a single-layer running suture, the rate of wound complications is lower when a suture length to wound length ratio of at least 4 is accomplished with a short stitch length rather than with a long one.



Design


Prospective randomized controlled trial.



Setting


Surgical department.



Patients


Patients operated on through a midline incision.



Intervention

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