Single- vs multiple-layer wound closure for flank incisions: results of a prospective, randomised, double-blinded multicentre study.

Maximilian C KriegmairNina YounsiKiriaki HillerConrad Leitsmann Karl-Friedrich KowalewskiFabian SiegelMartin RothamelManuel RitterChristian BolenzMartin KriegmairLutz TrojanMaurice S Michel

Published in: BJU international (2020)

The overall risk of a flank bulge after flank incision is high. Multiple-layer closure after flank incision should be performed as a standard procedure.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
open label
cataract surgery
wound healing
surgical site infection