Intraoperative placement of a purse-string suture around the drain exit site reduces pain associated with subdural drain removal

Background: Use of surgical skin staples to close the subdural drain exit site after drain removal is often associated with pain. This prospective study compared the degree of pain between staple closure and a technique in which a purse-string suture is placed around the exit site the time of the op...

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Main Authors: Kimitoshi Sato, Yasukazu Hijikata, Satoru Shimizu, Naoki Omura, Takanori Miki, Hiroto Kakita, Takashi Yoshida, Fuminori Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921000906