title: Op-Site skin closure: a comparison with subcuticular and interrupted sutures.
abstract: Op-Site skin closure was compared with two standard techniques of wound closure, interrupted silk sutures and subcuticular nylon. The Op-Site skin closure allowed freer drainage of secretions from the wound and the incidence of erythema and tenderness was significantly lower. However, there was a greater tendency for the wound edges to slip out of alignment or invert.
mesh_terms: D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009757:Nylons; D013492:Suppuration / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013537:Sutures; D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D009757:Nylons; D014014:Tissue Adhesives