Sutureless skin closure: a comparative study with conventional stitching

ABSTRACT

Sutureless skin closure employing a new product 'Polyurethane membrane' [opsite] was evaluated in North Surgical Unit, Mayo Hospital, Lahore in Comparison with the standard technique of skin closure using interrupted silk stitches. The trial was conducted on 120 patients undergoing elective and emergency surgery. The results were comparable in both cases. Polyurethane skin closure yielded equally sound wound healing as the conventional method of skin closure with the added advantages that it was easier and quicker to apply, produced superior cosmetic results, the final scar being limited to a fine line devoid of the cross marks of suturing. It was also associated with lower incidence of infection and greater patient satisfaction