A Comparison of Barbed Sutures and Standard Sutures with regard to Wound Cosmesis in Panniculectomy and Reduction Mammoplasty Patients

Table 3

Complications and patient evaluation (SBSES, Stony Brook Scar Evaluation Score).

⁢	Barbed	Nonbarbed	value
1 week	Nipple numbness and ecchymosis	3 cm vertical dehiscence
Time to suture (minutes)	24.4	36.3	0.003
SES
3 months	4.4	3.5	0.15
6 months	3.75	3.125	0.44
12 months	4.75	4.25	0.39
Total across time	4.23	3.5	0.08
Patient preference			0.19
3 months	6 (60)	1 (10)
6 months	4 (50)	1 (12.5)
12 months	1 (25)	2 (50)
ANOVA testing between different time points