Clinical Outcome and Wound Healing following Carpal Tunnel Decompression: A Comparison of Two Common Suture Materials

Table 1

Demographics.

	Absorbable	Nonabsorbable	value
Patients (M : F)	(7 : 18)	(16 : 12)
Mean age (range)	58.6 (29.5–84.8)	56.7 (19.5–81.5)	0.69
Hand dominance; (dominant : nondominant)	15 : 10	16 : 12