Muhammad Kalim, Qaiser Hayat, Tariq Ijaz, Farrukh Ozair Shah, Mazhar Khan.
Comparison of Suture Vs Staple Closure of Skin following Open Cholecystectomies in terms of Surgical Site infections.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(1):533-6.

Objective: To compare suture versus staple closure of skin following open cholecystectomies in terms of surgical site infection. Design: Randomized controlled trial study Duration and Place of Study: 12 months duration from 10/01/2016 to 10/01/2017 which was conducted at Surgical Department, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Patients and Methods: A total 250, (125 each group), patients were included in the study by using confidence interval of 95% and power of the test as 80% under WHO sample size calculations with 4% surgical site infections for vertical mattress and 14% for stapling. Moreover, non-probability consecutive sampling technique was used for sample collection. Results: In this study mean age in Group A was 44 years with SD � 2.77. Where mean age in Group B was 46 years with SD � 3.12. In Group A (35%) patients were male and (65%) patients were female. In Group B (32%) patients were male and 85(68%) patients were female. Group A (staples) was effective in 92% patients whereas Group B (suture) was effective in 85% patients. Conclusion: Our study concludes that staples are more effective than sutures in closure of skin following elective open cholecystectomy in terms of prevention of surgical site infection.

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