Clinical Study
A Randomized Study Comparing Skin Staples with Subcuticular Sutures for Wound Closure at Caesarean Section in Black-Skinned Women
Table 5
Differences between the mean VAS of the study participants and participants’ scar assessment scale scores as assessed by the study participants.
| Variable | Staple Mean (SD) | Suture Mean (SD) | value | value |
| VAS score on 5th day after operation | 7.36 (1.77) | 7.36 (1.74) | 0.00 | 1.000 | VAS score at 6 weeks after operation | 9.23 (1.63) | 9.04 (1.50) | 0.592 | 0.555 | Is the scar painful? | 1.21 (0.55) | 1.19 (0.45) | 0.206 | 0.838 | Is the scar itchy? | 1.77 (1.27) | 1.70 (1.38) | 0.233 | 0.816 | Is the scar colour different from normal? | 1.57 (1.08) | 1.81 (1.65) | −0.814 | 0.418 | Is the stiffness of scar different from normal skin? | 2.09 (1.27) | 2.70 (1.96) | −1.816 | 0.073 | Is the thickness of scar different from normal skin? | 1.81 (1.10) | 1.89 (1.34) | −0.337 | 0.737 | Is the scar more irregular than normal skin? | 1.66 (1.56) | 2.06 (1.61) | −1.236 | 0.220 | Total patient OSAS score | 10.10 (4.13) | 11.36 (5.39) | −1.266 | 0.209 | Patient satisfaction score at 6 weeks | 4.62 (0.71) | 4.51 (0.66) | 0.756 | 0.452 |
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POSAS: patient observer scar assessment scale (patient OSAS).
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