Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effect of stitch length on wound complications after closure of midline incisions: a randomized controlled trial.
In midline incisions closed with a single-layer running suture, the rate of wound complications is lower when a suture length to wound length ratio of at least 4 is accomplished with a short stitch length rather than with a long one. ⋯ In midline incisions closed with a running suture and having a suture length to wound length ratio of at least 4, current recommendations of placing stitches at least 10 mm from the wound edge should be changed to avoid patient suffering and costly wound complications.