The arcuate skin staple: its influence on pain of staple penetration and removal.
The purpose of this study was to measure the degree of pain elicited by either staple implantation and by removal in human subjects. Included in the study were conventional rectangular staples and the new arcuate staples. The pain associated with staple implantation was significantly greater than that associated with staple removal. The configuration of the staple did not influence the magnitude of pain associated with either staple implantation or staple removal.
D004867:Equipment Design; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011677:Punctures; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013528:Surgical Staplers / Q000009:adverse effects*