Experience of small tissue bites with conventional tissue bites in emergency setting for midline abdominal wound closure

Abdominal incision closure: small but important bites.

www.thelancet.com Published online July 16, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60687-0 1 In The Lancet, Eva Deerenberg and colleagues’ prospective, multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled STITCH trial shows that the rate of incisional hernia is lower with small tissue bites than with large bites. This fi nding contradicts what surgeons have thought and been taught for many de...

Small bites versus large bites for closure of abdominal midline incisions (STITCH): a double-blind, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Incisional hernia is a frequent complication of midline laparotomy and is associated with high morbidity, decreased quality of life, and high costs. We aimed to compare the large bites suture technique with the small bites technique for fascial closure of midline laparotomy incisions. METHODS We did this prospective, multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial at surgica...

Small bites versus large bites for closure of abdominal midline incisions: results of a double blinded multicenter randomized trial (STITCH-trial)

Human bites of the face with tissue losses.

Human bites of the face are common in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Twenty-four such patients with tissue losses seen over a period of two years (1983-1985) at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital were studied. Women in their third decade of life seem to be most at risk; the lips and ears are most frequently bitten. Primary repair and administration of systemic antibiotics within 24 hour...

In-vitro evaluation of antibacterial potential of cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives for intraoral wound closure

Background: Cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives have been used as a substitute to silk for intraoral wound closure. Placement of sutures provides a corridor for accumulation of microorganisms into tissue which leads to infection. Cyanoacrylate-based adhesives exhibit many properties of an ideal wound closure agent, minimizing the problems generated by suturing thread. The antimicrobial properties of...