RT Journal
A1 Millbourn D, Cengiz Y, Israelsson LA
T1 EFfect of stitch length on wound complications—reply
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2010
FD June 1
VO 145
IS 6
SP 599
OP 600
DO 10.1001/archsurg.2010.79
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.79
AB 
The aim of our clinical trial was to investigate if closure of midline incisions with an SL:WL ratio of at least 4 should be done with small or large tissue bites. The rate of both wound infection and incisional hernia was then lower with small tissue bites.1 Experimental findings of a higher tissue breaking strength with small tissue bites compared with large bites certainly offer an explanation for the lower rate of incisional hernia.2- 3