Comparison of Postoperative Wound Infection Between Staple and Prolene Suture Closure Techniques in Elective Surgeries at a Tertiary Care Hospita

Azka  Irshad; Raheel Anjum; Sajjad Ahmad  Ansari; Muhammad Zain  Farooq; Muhammad  Tahir; Ghulam  Fareed

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v75i4.10023

Authors

Azka Irshad Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Raheel Anjum Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Sajjad Ahmad Ansari Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Muhammad Zain Farooq Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Muhammad Tahir Department of ENT, Combined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Ghulam Fareed Department of ENT, Combined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v75i4.10023

Keywords:

Prolene, Skin Closure, Skin Stapler, Wound Infection

Abstract

Objective: To compare the frequency of postoperative wound infection with staple wound closure and Prolene suture in clean elective surgery.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Multan Pakistan, from Feb 2021 to Aug 2022.

Methodology:A total of 156 patients were divided into two equal groups. Group-A (Staple wound closure) and Group-B (Prolene suture closure). All wounds in both groups were inspected on 3^rd, 7^th, 14^th and 30^th postoperative day for presence or absence of wound infection in both groups and compared by applying Chi square test at 0.05 level of significance.

Results: Mean age of patients in Group-A was 53.24±7.08 years vs 54.57±5.74 years in Group-B. Majority of the patients in both groups were male. The most common operation performed was skin and soft tissue surgery. Prevalence of infection in this study was 7.69% (n=12). Wound infection in Group-A was 3.8% (n=3), whereas in Group-B it was 11.5% (n=9) (p=0.037).

Conclusion: Our study results support the use of skin staples for skin closure in elective cases as compared with Prolene sutures, as it is less time-consuming and has a decreased incidence of postoperative infection.

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