Adhesive bonds or percutaneous absorbable suture for closure of surgical wounds in children. Results of a prospective randomized trial

• Published in: Journal of pediatric surgery Vol. 39; no. 8; pp. 1249 - 1251
• Main Authors: van den Ende, E.D., Vriens, P.W.H.E., Allema, J.H., Breslau, P.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Absorbable Implants; Child, Preschool; Cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive; Enbucrilate - therapeutic use; Esthetics; Female; Granuloma - epidemiology; Granuloma - etiology; Hematoma - epidemiology; Hematoma - etiology; hernia inguinalis; Hernia, Inguinal - surgery; Humans; Incidence; intracutaneous suturing; Male; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Polyglactin 910; Prospective Studies; Surgical Wound Dehiscence - epidemiology; Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology; Sutures; Tissue Adhesives - therapeutic use; wound dehiscence; Wound Healing; hernia inguinalis; wound dehiscence; Cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive; intracutaneous suturing

Surgeons have become increasingly interested in replacing conventional sutures by means of adhesive bonds for the closure of skin wounds. There are several advantages to the use of adhesive bonds compared with the conventional sutures. Between January and August 2001, all the wounds in children afte...