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Clinical Trial
. 1990 Nov;163(5 Pt 1):1485-9.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)90610-j.

Continuous or interrupted fascial closure: a prospective evaluation of No. 1 Maxon suture in 402 gynecologic procedures

J W Orr Jr  1 , P F Orr, J M Barrett, J R Ellington Jr, R H Jennings Jr, K B Paredes, B Patsner, D L Taylor
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Clinical Trial

Continuous or interrupted fascial closure: a prospective evaluation of No. 1 Maxon suture in 402 gynecologic procedures

J W Orr Jr et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990 Nov.

Abstract

During a 14-month period of using a long-term absorbable suture (No. 1 Maxon), 402 patients were entered into a prospective, randomized trial of fascial closure. Patients were randomized between a continuous closure (201 patients) and an interrupted en bloc (201 patients) technique. Each patient was subjected to a preoperative and intraoperative protocol for wound management. There were no acute wound failures. Wound infection rates and risk of hernia were not apparently affected by closure technique.

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