Layered versus mass closure of abdominal wounds in infants and children: E.M. Keily and L. Spitz. Br J Surg 72:739–740, (September), 1985

Layered versus mass closure of abdominal

Layered versus mass closure of abdominal wounds in infants and children

✍ Mr E. M. Kiely; L. Spitz 📂 Article 📅 1985 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 236 KB 👁 1 views

A prospective trial of layered versus mass closure of laparotomy wounds was performed on 507 infants and children over a 33 month period. All wounds were sutured using polyglycolic acid sutures. There were four wound failures including one disruption in the layered closure group and one wound failur