Shoelace Wound Closure for the Management of Fracture-Related Fasciotomy Wounds

Table 2

Comparison between different wound closure devices.

Authors	Devices	Advantages	Disadvantages
Barnea et al. [4]	Wisebands device	(i) Tension feedback control mechanism to safeguard against excessive skin tensioning	(i) Not readily available
			(ii) Expensive
Hirshowitz et al. [5]	Sure Closure device	(i) Can measure the tension across	(i) Not readily available
		the wound edges	(ii) Expensive
Janzing and Broos [6]	Marburger skin approximation system		(i) Not readily available
			(ii) Expensive
Taylor et al. [8]	Skin anchors	(i) Anchors placed 1 cm away from the wound edge to prevent circulatory compromise at the skin edge	(i) Not readily available
		(ii) Evenly distributed force over the full length of the wound	(ii) Expensive
Govaert and van Helden [9]	Ty-Raps		(i) Not readily available
This study	Paediatric urinary catheters + skin staples	(i) Readily available	(i) Point loading on the staples may lead to their failure
		(ii) Inexpensive	(ii) No safe mechanism against excess tension