Tissue adhesive vs suture
Wound dehiscence · people with surgical incisions
Tissue adhesive may leads to higher wound dehiscence compared with sutures (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 3.35 [1.53, 7.32]10 studies · 736 participantsLow
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
10 questions · 10 findings · 1 reviews · Wounds
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 40%Low 6 · 60%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Tissue adhesive vs suture
Wound infection · people with surgical incisions
It is very uncertain whether tissue adhesive changes wound infection compared with sutures (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.72 [0.92, 3.16]10 studies · 744 participantsVery low
Tissue adhesive vs tape
Wound dehiscence · people with surgical incisions
Tissue adhesive showed no clear difference in wound dehiscence compared with adhesive tape (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.96 [0.06, 14.55]1 study · 50 participantsLow
Tissue adhesive vs tape
Wound infection · people with surgical incisions
Tissue adhesive showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with adhesive tape (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.37 [0.39, 4.81]3 studies · 190 participantsLow
Tissue adhesive vs staples
Wound dehiscence · people with surgical incisions
Tissue adhesive showed no clear difference in wound dehiscence compared with staples (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.53 [0.05, 5.33]1 study · 37 participantsLow
Tissue adhesive vs staples
Wound infection · people with surgical incisions
It is very uncertain whether tissue adhesive changes wound infection compared with staples (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.39 [0.3, 6.54]3 studies · 250 participantsVery low
Tissue adhesive vs other methods
Wound dehiscence · people with surgical incisions
Tissue adhesive showed no clear difference in wound dehiscence compared with other methods (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.55 [0.13, 2.38]1 study · 209 participantsLow
Tissue adhesive vs other methods
Wound infection · people with surgical incisions
Tissue adhesive showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with other methods (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.41 [0.11, 1.6]1 study · 209 participantsLow
High viscosity tissue adhesive vs tissue adhesives
Wound infection · people with surgical incisions
It is very uncertain whether high viscosity tissue adhesive changes wound infection compared with low viscosity tissue adhesive (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.82 [0.16, 4.31]1 study · 148 participantsVery low
High viscosity tissue adhesive vs tissue adhesives
Wound dehiscence · people with surgical incisions
It is very uncertain whether high viscosity tissue adhesive changes wound dehiscence compared with low viscosity tissue adhesive (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 3.74 [0.21, 67.93]1 study · 148 participantsVery low