Comparison of Interrupted Versus Continuous Closure in Abdominal Wound Repair: A Meta-analysis of 23 Trials

Objective: There is a lack of consensus among surgeons over interrupted versus continuous methods of abdominal wound closure. The objective of this study was to perform a meta-analysis to estimate the pooled odds ratio (OR) for dehiscence and incisional hernia in the interrupted technique of laparot...

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Main Authors: Himanshu Gupta, Anurag Srivastava, Geetha R. Menon, Chandra Sekhar Agrawal, Sunil Chumber, Sandeep Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101595840860069X