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Suture material and suture technique may affect wound healing. Most surgeons now use a continuous or interrupted mass closure technique, and most studies performed have not shown differences in wound complication rates between these methods. Most authors favour the continuous technique because it is faster and cheaper [1–5].
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Gislason, H. (1999). Experience with Continuous Absorbable Suture for Laparotomy Closure. In: Schumpelick, V., Kingsnorth, A.N. (eds) Incisional Hernia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60123-1_20
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