Trocar site closure with a novel anchor-based (neoClose®) system versus standard suture closure: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Pouya IranmaneshAngielyn R RiveraKulvinder S BajwaMustafa AlibhaiBrad E SnyderTodd D WilsonMelissa M FelinskiSheilendra S MehtaKavita D ChandwaniConnie L KleinPeter A WalkerShinil K ShahErik B Wilson

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)

Use of the neoClose® device resulted in faster fascial closure times, decreased intraoperative needle depth, and decreased postoperative abdominal pain at 1 week as compared to the standard suture passer. These data need to be confirmed on larger cohorts of patients with longer follow-up.

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abdominal pain
randomized controlled trial
patients undergoing
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electronic health record
optical coherence tomography
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placebo controlled