Open AccessSURGICAL SITE WOUND COMPLICATION
Author(s) -
Faaiz Ali Shah,
Mian Amjad Ali,
Umar Zia Khan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/18.4603
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , fibrous joint , complication , dehiscence , wound dehiscence , wound closure , traumatology , orthopedic surgery , wound healing
Objectives: To compare the frequency of surgical site wound complicationrate between the skin closure with staples and polypropylene suture after elective hip surgery.Study Design: Prospective Randomized trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Orthopaedic& Traumatology Department Lady Reading Hospital from 13/03/2016 to 25/12/2017. Materialand Methods: All patients of either gender or age with intertrochanteric fractures fulfilling theinclusion criteria and fixed with dynamic hip screw (DHS) were randomly divided into two groups.Group A surgical site skin wounds were closed with metallic skin staples while Group B woundswere closed with polypropylene sutures. Wounds were examined for inflammation, necrosis,dehiscence, discharge and abscess on 3rd day, 2nd week, 4th, and 8th weeks in both groups andcompared. P value was considered significant if 0.05). Conclusion: We found no significance difference insurgical site complication rates of staples and suture closure in elective hip surgery patients.The operating surgeon can use closure material of his own choice.