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September 5, 2025Pakistan Armed Forces Medical JournalOpen Access

Comparison of Postoperative Wound Infection Between Staple and Prolene Suture Closure Techniques in Elective Surgeries at a Tertiary Care Hospita

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AIA. IrshadRARabia AnjumSASajjad Ahmad Ansari

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Overview

Quasi-experimental study found lower infection rates using staple closure compared to Prolene sutures in elective surgeries.

Key Points

  • The prevalence of postoperative wound infection was significantly lower in the staple closure group compared to the Prolene suture group.
  • Infection rates were 3.8% for stitches using staples versus 11.5% for those using Prolene sutures, highlighting a notable difference.
  • Patients were inspected for wound infection on multiple postoperative days, using a Chi square test for statistical significance in the analysis.
  • These findings suggest that staple closure may lead to fewer complications and faster surgical procedures in elective surgery.

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Irshad et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23965b210217d6477b71fhttps://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v75i4.10023
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