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  • Title: Subcuticular suturing after appendicectomy.
    Author: Foster GE, Hardy EG, Hardcastle JD.
    Journal: Lancet; 1977 May 28; 1(8022):1128-9. PubMed ID: 68225.
    Abstract:
    The results of using interrupted nylon skin sutures or subcuticular polyglycolic acid (P.G.A.) sutures after appendicectomy were compared in a prospective controlled trial in 127 patients. Wound infections were significantly more common when subcuticular skin closure was used.
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