Re: staples at C/S

From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Mon Jul 31 21:24:39 2006


Dan and others:

I've always been a bit reluctant to remove staples before 3 days, unencumbered by data. I've looked a bit, and really haven't found anything that says 2 versus 4 days.

Obviously, in a transverse skin incision, there forces are such that the incision is well approximated.

Steri-strips? I've always used these because someone taught me to do so.

Garry

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Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA




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