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ABSORBABLE INTRACUTANEOUS SKIN CLOSURE AFTER SKIN RESECTION IN ENTROPIONOPERATIONS
Author(s) -
JENSEN KLAUS BO,
MOVIN MICHAEL,
EISGART FINN,
PUGESGAARD TORLEIF
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1983.tb01479.x
Subject(s) - closure (psychology) , medicine , resection , surgery , dermatology , economics , market economy
After resection in the eye region, skin closure is most often performed with non‐absorbable single knots. To investigate how far intracutaneous skin closure with Dexon® absorbable suture material could demonstrate advantages to the traditional suturetechnique, 57 patients with senile entropions of the lower eyelid were randomized into one of two treatment groups. After a scaphoidal skin resection and resection of fibers of orbicularis muscle, the skin closure was performed with either continuous intracutaneous Dexon 6 or single knots of silk. This study demonstrates that both methods are easy and safe, but a superiority of the technique with absorbable intracutaneous skin closure was found in regard to immediate cosmetic satisfaction and time‐comsumption at controls, if necessary, because removal of suture material is not necessary.