TY  - JOUR
T1  - EFfect of stitch length on wound complications—reply
AU  - Millbourn D, Cengiz Y, Israelsson LA
Y1  - 2010/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.79
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 599
EP  - 600
VL  - 145
IS  - 6
N2  - 
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

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.79
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.79
ER  -