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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2014; 20(42): 15815-15819
Published online Nov 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15815
Published online Nov 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15815
Healing time of incision infection after hepatobiliary surgery treated by needle-free incision suture closure
Wen-Jie Ma, Yong Zhou, Rui-Hua Xu, Anuj Shrestha, Fu-Yu Li, Alex Lorance, Qin Yang, Yong-Qiong Zhang, Ting Jiang, Huan Feng, Nan-Sheng Cheng, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Hui Mao, Department of Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Wei Zhang, Department of Medicine, the George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20052, United States
Author contributions: Ma WJ and Zhou Y contributed equally to this work; Ma WJ and Zhou Y performed the majority of experiments; Xu RH, Shrestha A, Lorance A, Yang Q, Zhang YQ, Jiang T, and Feng H collected all the human material and were also involved in editing the manuscript; Mao H, Li FY, Zhang W and Cheng NS revised the manuscript critically and gave the final approval of the version to be published.
Supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China, No. 30801111 and No. 30972923; Science and Technology Support Project of Sichuan Province No. 14ZC1337, No. 14ZC1335 and No. 2014SZ0002-10
Correspondence to: Hui Mao, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. lanfengziye@qq.com
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Received: December 28, 2013
Revised: May 19, 2014
Accepted: June 20, 2014
Published online: November 14, 2014
Revised: May 19, 2014
Accepted: June 20, 2014
Published online: November 14, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Both the secondary suturing closure and butterfly bandage methods have been widely used in clinical practice to treat incision infections for many years but have many drawbacks. In comparison to traditional methods the needle-free method of incision infection closure had following advantages: significant decrease in wound closure time; ability to adjust the suture tension at different times and gradually close the wound, thus allowing drainage and dressing at the same time; elimination of complicated and painful secondary suture; elimination of risk of secondary infection; and extreme ease of use.