Fast absorbable vs slow absorbable sutures
Wound dehiscence · patients undergoing a laparotomy incision
Fast absorbable showed no clear difference in wound dehiscence at last compared with slow absorbable sutures (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Closure methods for laparotomy incisions for preventing incisional hernias and other wound complications 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.55 [0.92, 2.61]8 studies · 3440 participantsModerate