Subcuticular sutures vs tissue adhesives: Patient satisfaction (within 30 days)
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in patient satisfaction (within 30 days) compared with tissue adhesives (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Subcuticular sutures vs tissue adhesives Patient satisfaction (within 30 days) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in patient satisfaction (within 30 days) compared with tissue adhesives (low certainty). Subcuticular sutures for skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 131 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subcuticular sutures for skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.