Subcutaneous Tissue: To Suture or Not to Suture at Cesarean Section

Van R. Bohman; Larry C. Gilstrap III; Susan M. Ramin; Bertis B. Little; Rigoberto  Santos-Ramos; Kenneth G. Goldaber; Jody  Dax; Kenneth J. Leveno

doi:10.1155/S1064744994000219

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1994)

Subcutaneous Tissue: To Suture or Not to Suture at Cesarean Section

Van R. Bohman,
Larry C. Gilstrap III,
Susan M. Ramin,
Bertis B. Little,
Rigoberto Santos-Ramos,
Kenneth G. Goldaber,
Jody Dax,
Kenneth J. Leveno

Affiliations

Van R. Bohman: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA
Larry C. Gilstrap III: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA
Susan M. Ramin: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA
Bertis B. Little: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA
Rigoberto Santos-Ramos: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA
Kenneth G. Goldaber: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA
Jody Dax: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA
Kenneth J. Leveno: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744994000219
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 6
pp. 259 – 264

Abstract

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Objective: The null hypothesis for this investigation was that there was no difference in the frequency of wound disruption between women who had their subcutaneous tissues approximated with suture and those who did not during cesarean section.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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