TY - JOUR T1 - Study shows insufficient decrease in wound complications with sutured versus stapled skin closure in gastrointestinal operations JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 100 LP - 100 DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101626 VL - 19 IS - 3 AU - Hong Vo AU - Cindy Kin Y1 - 2014/06/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/19/3/100.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Tsujinaka T, Yamamoto K, Fujita J, et al. Subcuticular sutures versus staples for skin closure after open gastrointestinal surgery: a phase 3, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2013;382:1105–12.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Postoperative wound complications can occur in 9–26% of gastrointestinal operations.1–3 Skin closure with subcuticular sutures in clean operations, such as caesarean sections, are associated with decreased wound complications and increased patient satisfaction when compared with skin closure using staples.4 ,5 Whether these results are applicable to clean–contaminated operations is unknown. Tsujinaka and colleagues examined the incidence of wound complications after open gastrointestinal operations in patients undergoing skin closure with subcuticular sutures versus staples. This … ER -