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The Use of an Automatic Stapling Device for Closure of Surgical Wounds 1
Author(s) -
Stephens Frederick O.,
Niesche John W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb03913.x
Subject(s) - clips , medicine , surgery , abdomen , wound closure , closure (psychology) , thorax (insect anatomy) , wound healing , anatomy , market economy , economics
A sterile prepackaged disposable applicator for metal skin clips has been used in 72 patients with a variety of standard incisions in the neck, thorax, abdomen, and limbs. The applicator has been found to be simple to use after very little experience. Its outstanding advantage is that it furnishes a significantly more rapid method of closing wounds than the use of interrupted skin sutures. There have been no problems with wound healing, and patients have found no significant discomfort either with having the clips in place or with their removal. There are a few minor points of technique to learn in the use of clips and their removal, but these have been rapidly learnt without any problem by the members of our surgical and nursing staffs.