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Archive > September, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 9

Which Will You Choose: Staples, Sutures or Liquid Adhesives?

It's all about the product's ability to create a secure, efficient and cosmetically appealing result.

Nathan Hall, Associate Editor

With so many skin-closure options to choose from, how do you decide which to stock? To help you make sound purchasing decisions, we asked surgeons and administrators to walk us through how they choose among plain gut sutures, synthetic sutures, adhesive strips, staples, tissue adhesive glue and skin clips. As you'll see, you must consider a wide array of factors, from the incision type and operative site to the patient's safety and cosmetic needs to ease of application, physician preference, prevention of wound complications and affordability.

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