title: Reduction of skin closure time without loss of healing quality: a multicenter prospective study in 100 patients comparing the use of Insorb absorbable staples with absorbable thread for dermal suture.
abstract: The authors report the results of a multicenter prospective study evaluating a novel technology: dermal suture using absorbable staples composed of polylactic and polyglycolic acids. From January to June 2009, 59 dermal sutures were performed with Insorb absorbable staples and 41 with absorbable thread. All patients in the study underwent abdominal dermolipectomy (N = 65) or surgery for breast hypertrophy (N = 35). The purpose of the study was to compare the closure time and healing quality obtained with the 2 methods. Ninety-five patients were reexamined by the surgeon after 1 year of follow-up to assess scar width, suppleness, inflammation, and hypertrophy. The overall results were good and quite similar for the 2 groups. Thus, the use of Insorb staples reduced closure time while ensuring good healing quality.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et esthétique-Centre des brûlés, Hôpital Jean Monnet, Nantes, France. franck.duteille@chu-nantes.fr
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duteille
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rouif
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alfandari
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Andreoletti
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sinna
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perrot
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013537:Sutures; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058106:Wound Closure Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*