Clinical Study

A Randomized Study Comparing Skin Staples with Subcuticular Sutures for Wound Closure at Caesarean Section in Black-Skinned Women

Table 4

Differences between the mean box numeric pain scores (BNS) of the study participants.

VariableStaple
Mean (SD)
Suture
Mean (SD)
value value

Operation day5.13 (3.24)5.62 (3.43)−0.7110.479
1st day after operation4.30 (2.60)4.00 (2.68)0.5480.585
3rd day after operation2.83 (2.27)2.74 (2.24)0.1830.855
5th day after operation1.89 (2.31)2.09 (2.06)−0.4230.673
6 weeks after operation0.26 (0.67)0.28 (0.74)−0.1450.885