Clinical Study
A Randomized Study Comparing Skin Staples with Subcuticular Sutures for Wound Closure at Caesarean Section in Black-Skinned Women
Table 3
Mean differences between operative variables of the participants.
| | Variable | Staples group
Mean (SD) | Suture group
Mean (SD) | value | value |
| | Operation time (minutes) | 40.26 (16.53) | 47.55 (14.55) | −2.272 | 0.025 | | Skin closure time (seconds) | 118.62 (69.68) | 388.70 (170.40) | −10.058 | <0.001 | | Estimated blood loss (mL) | 471.33 (196.86) | 484.33 (268.71) | −0.262 | 0.794 | | Wound length (cm) | 16.68 (2.67) | 16.93 (3.63) | −0.388 | 0.699 |
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