Affiliation:
1. Senior Resident Surgery Command Hospital Pune
2. Professor Surgery Armed Forces Medical College Pune
3. Assistant Professor Surgery Command Hospital Pune
4. Senior Resident Command Hospital Southern Command Pune
Abstract
Introduction: To study and compare aesthetic outcome between subcuticular sutures and sterile tissue adhesive strips in thyroidectomy wound
closure using validated scoring system (POSAS). RCT study conducted in a tertia Materials: ry care, teaching hospital on patients >18 years of age
undergoing thyroidectomy. 106 patients each were randomised into two groups with compara Results: ble baseline parameters. Conclusion:
Cosmetic benet and aesthetic outcome between both techniques were similar. Sterile tissue adhesive strips had less pain and excellent scar
appearance following thyroidectomy surgery.
Subject
Physiology (medical),Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Physiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Earth and Planetary Sciences,Pollution,General Environmental Science,Waste Management and Disposal,Artificial Intelligence,Cognitive Neuroscience,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Pharmacology,General Immunology and Microbiology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,General Medicine,Bioengineering,Biotechnology,Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Pharmacology (medical),Gastroenterology,Oncology,Rheumatology,Immunology and Allergy,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science