A new look at an old dogma: wound complications in two methods of skin closure in uncomplicated appendicitis

Author(s):

Hamid Ghaderi , Kourosh Shamimi , Fereydoon Moazzami , Seyed Hasan Emami Razavi , Ali Aminian , Seyed Mehdi Jalali , Reza Afghani , Morteza Noaparast , Seyed Habibollah Dashti , Saeed Safari

Message:
Abstract:
Appendicitis is more common during the second and third decade of life and appendectomy scar is important in terms of cosmetic issues. The scar is an important factor in the patient’s satisfaction. Conventional teaching has an emphasis on the closure of skin incision with “separate” sutures. The aim of this study was to reconsider this dogma
Language:
Persian
Published:
Tehran University Medical Journal, Volume:68 Issue: 1, 2010
Page:
54
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