Surgical site infection · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in surgical site infection (SSI) Incidence of wound infection compared with transdermal sutures (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound dehiscence · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures may leads to lower wound dehiscence Incidence of wound dehiscence compared with skin staples (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cosmesis of scar · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in cosmesis of scar compared with skin staples (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Patient satisfaction (at 30 days) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures leads to higher patient satisfaction (at 30 days) compared with skin staples (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound closure time (minutes) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Costs · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical site infection · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in surgical site infection Incidence of wound infection compared with tissue adhesives (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound complications · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in wound complications Incidence of wound complications compared with tissue adhesives (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound dehiscence · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures may leads to lower wound dehiscence Incidence of wound dehiscence compared with tissue adhesives (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cosmesis of scar · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review
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).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound complications · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
It is very uncertain whether subcuticular sutures changes wound complications Incidence of wound complications compared with transdermal sutures (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound closure time (minutes) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Costs · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical site infection · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
It is very uncertain whether subcuticular sutures changes surgical site infection Incidence of wound infection compared with surgical tapes (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound complications · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in wound complications Incidence of wound complications compared with surgical tapes (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound dehiscence · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
It is very uncertain whether subcuticular sutures changes wound dehiscence Incidence of wound dehiscence compared with surgical tapes (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cosmesis of scar · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Patient satisfaction · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Wound closure time (minutes) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review