Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Cost analysis of the use of small stitches when closing midline abdominal incisions.
Suturing with small stitches instead of with large reduces the risk for surgical site infection and incisional hernia in continuously closed midline abdominal incisions. The purpose was to analyse if using small stitches generated cost savings. ⋯ Using small stitches when closing midline abdominal incisions with a continuous single-layer technique generates cost savings.