Registry-based study compares skin stapler and sutures for closure, revealing shorter healing times and fewer infections in obesity cases, suggesting benefits for surgery.
Skin closure by staples is advantageous over sutures in morbidly obese cases undergoing LSG, being associated with shorter surgery duration, shorter time to healing and lower odds of wound infection, seroma and haematoma. There were no significant long-term differences in the scar cosmetic quality.
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