Effect of Skin Closure with Metal Staples vs. Intradermal Suture on Groin Infections after Vascular Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial
In patients undergoing elective vascular surgery with primary isolated exposure of the femoral vessels, skin closure with intradermal suture did not reduce the SSI rate compared with the use of metal staples.
Authors
- Harri Hakovirta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-045X)
- Paulina T. P. Salminen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6435-9264)
- Tiia Kukkonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3349-7685)
- Saija Hurme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-8925)
- Tuomas Koskinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6389-5150)
- Veikko Nikulainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9453-4254)
- Päivi Helmiö (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6914-0744)
Institutions
- University of Turku (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Satakunta Central Hospital (FI)
- Central Finland Health Care District (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.02.004
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.55
Funders
- Turun Yliopistollinen Keskussairaala