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No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 66.7%Low 1 · 33.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Continuous skin sutures vs interrupted skin sutures

Postoperative superficial infections · participants with non‐obstetric surgery

It is very uncertain whether continuous skin sutures changes superficial surgical site infection compared with interrupted skin sutures (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Continuous versus interrupted skin sutures for non‐obstetric surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.73 [0.4, 1.33]
4 studies · 602 participants
Very low

Continuous skin sutures vs interrupted skin sutures

Superficial wound dehiscence · participants with non‐obstetric surgery

Continuous skin sutures may leads to lower superficial wound dehiscence compared with interrupted skin sutures (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Continuous versus interrupted skin sutures for non‐obstetric surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.08 [0.02, 0.35]
4 studies · 625 participants
Low

Continuous skin sutures vs interrupted skin sutures

Length of hospital stay · participants with non‐obstetric surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Continuous versus interrupted skin sutures for non‐obstetric surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 105 participants
Very low