Interrupted or continuous-intradermal suturing? Statistical analysis of postoperative scars
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Tarih
2014
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Deri Zuhrevi Hastaliklar Dernegi
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Background and Design: Postoperative scar development is an important problem for patients treated in plastic surgery clinics. Most patients think that continuous intradermal suturing is superior to interrupted suturing because they assume that it creates less scarring. We evaluated scars that form following intradermal and interrupted suturing. This article presents our controlled study that objectively compared the scars on patients faces using a wound evaluation scale. Materials and Methods: Thirty-five patients, who had undergone operations on the bilateral cheeks, were included in this study. Thirty patients were female; five patients were male. Their mean age was 40.05 years. The average scar evaluation time after surgery was 9.05 months. Elliptical excisions were made on the lesions under local anesthesia. The incisions on the right cheeks were sutured with 6/0 monofilament nonabsorbable sutures using the continuous intradermal suturing technique. The left cheek incisions were sutured with same sutures using the interrupted suturing method. Results: The patients were evaluated 7-11 months after operation (mean: 9.05 months) using the Stony Brook Scar Evaluation Scale. A Related Samples T-test was used for statistical evaluation of the differences between the suturing techniques. No significant differences were noted in scar formation between the two suturing methods (p>0.05). Conclusion: We found no differences in scar formation between the two frequently used suturing techniques studied here. We believe that the suturing technique is a less important determinant of scar formation than are other factors.
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Suturing technique, wound healing, scar
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Turkderm-Turkish Archives Of Dermatology And Venerology
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Cilt
48
Sayı
4
Künye
Sarı, Elif & Özakpınar, Hülda & Tellioglu, Ali. (2014). Interrupted or continuous-intradermal suturing? Statistical analysis of postoperative scars. TURKDERM. 48. 234-236.
