TY  - JOUR
T1  - EFfect of stitch length on complications—reply
AU  - Millbourn D, Cengiz Y, Israelsson LA
Y1  - 2010/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.96
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 600
EP  - 601
VL  - 145
IS  - 6
N2  - 
Hardin et al ask about the baseline of wound infection in the power analysis. In previous clinical studies, the rate of wound infection has been 9%.3 Randomizing patients to closure with either a short or a long stitch, we expected a higher rate of infection with a long stitch. As we estimated the rate to be 12% with a long stitch and 6% with a short stitch, a power of 80% was achieved with 352 patients in each study group.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.96
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.96
ER  -