It is very uncertain whether subcuticular sutures changes surgical site infection Incidence of wound infection compared with surgical tapes (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether subcuticular sutures changes surgical site infection Incidence of wound infection compared with surgical zippers (very low certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
The intervention showed no clear difference in surgical site infection Inspection of the wound1 ( (moderate certainty).
The intervention leads to higher surgical site infection (all wound classifications) Inspection of… (high certainty).
Antibiotic leads to lower surgical wound infection (SWI) compared with no antibiotic/placebo (high certainty).
Mesh showed no clear difference in surgical complications ‐ wound infection compared with non‐mesh repair (low certainty).
Active body surface warming systems may leads to lower infection and complications of the surgical wound compared with control (low certainty).
Combined oral and intravenous leads to lower surgical wound infection: oral + iv versus iv alone compared with oral or intravenous alone (high certainty).
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in surgical site infection Incidence of wound infection compared with tissue adhesives (moderate certainty).
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in surgical site infection Incidence of wound infection compared with skin staples (moderate certainty).
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in surgical site infection (SSI) Incidence of wound infection compared with transdermal sutures (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether high viscosity tissue adhesive changes wound infection compared with low viscosity tissue adhesive (very low certainty).
Octylcyanoacrylate showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with butylcyanoacrylate (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether tissue adhesive changes wound infection compared with sutures (very low certainty).
Tissue adhesive showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with adhesive tape (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether tissue adhesive changes wound infection compared with staples (very low certainty).
Tissue adhesive showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with other methods (low certainty).
Percutaneous techniques probably leads to lower wound infection/stomatitis compared with surgical techniques (moderate certainty).
Dexamethasone showed no clear difference in postoperative wound or systemic infection compared with control (moderate certainty).