MOJ Header

Current Issue - March 2013, Volume 7, Issue No. 1

Official Journal of Malaysian Orthopaedic Association and ASEAN Orthopaedic Association

Comparative Study Between Coaptive Film Versus Suture For Wound Closure After Long Bone Fracture Fixation

References

  1. Van de Gevel DFD, Hamad MAS, Elenbaas TW, Ostertag JU, Schonberger JP. Is the use of Steri-StripTM S for wound closure after coronary artery bypass grafting better than intracuticular suture? Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg. 2010; 10(4): 561.
  2. Kerrigan CL, Homa K. Evaluation of a new wound closure device for linear surgical incisions: 3M Steri-Strip S surgical skin closure versus subcuticular closure. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010; 125(1): 186.
  3. Lazar HL, McCann J, Fitzgerald CA, Cabral HJ. Adhesive Strips Versus Subcuticular Suture for Mediansternotomy Wound Closure. J Card Surg. 2011 Jul 26; (4): 344-7.
  4. Rebello G, Parikh R, Grottkau B. Coaptive film versus subcuticular suture: comparing skin closure time following identical, single-session, bilateral limb surgery in children. J Pediatr Orthop. 2009; 29(6): 626.
  5. Grottkau BE, Rebello G, Merlin G, Winograd JM. Coaptive Film Versus Subcuticular Suture: Comparing Skin Closure Time After Posterior Spinal Instrumented Fusion in Pediatric Patients With Spinal Deformity. Spine. 2010; 35(23): 2027.
  6. Tan C, Statham B, Marks R, Payne P. Skin thickness measurement by pulsed ultrasound; its reproducibility, validation and variability. Br J Dermatol. 1982; 106(6): 657-67.
  7. Quinn J, Wells G, Sutcliffe T, Jarmuske M, Maw J, Stiell I, et al. Tissue adhesive versus suture wound repair at 1 year: randomized clinical trial correlating early, 3-month, and 1-year cosmetic outcome. Ann Emerg Med. 1998; 32(6): 645-9.
  8. Wilgus TA. Immune cells in the healing skin wound: Influential players at each stage of repair. Pharmacol Res. 2008; 58(2): 112-6.

Abstract   |   Reference

MOJ footer

About Us

The Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal is a peer-reviewed journal that is published three times a year in both print and electronic online version. The purpose of this journal is to publish original research studies, evaluation of current practices and case reports in various subspecialties of orthopaedics and traumatology, as well as associated fields like basic science, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation medicine and nursing.

Keep in Touch

creative-commons License