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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2020

Skin stretch suturing with Nice knots in the treatment of small- or medium-sized wounds.

Jianmin Xu, Rui Chang, Wei Zhang, Chengcheng Zhang, Dezhi Zhu, Fanxiao Liu, Yongliang Yang

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Skin Stretching Techniques: A Review of Clinical Application in Wound Repair.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024
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  5. [Application of Nice knot technique in wound closure of Gustilo typeZhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024
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  6. Application of Adjustable Skin Stretchers in Repairing Wound-Related Defects.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jianmin XuDepartment of Orthopaedics, Juye People's Hospital, Heze, Shandong, China.
Rui ChangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Juye People's Hospital, Heze, Shandong, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Juye People's Hospital, Heze, Shandong, China.
Chengcheng ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, No. 324, Road Jing Wu Wei Qi, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China.
Dezhi ZhuDepartment of Orthopedics, Heze Peony People's Hospital, Heze, Shandong, China.
Fanxiao LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 250021, Jinan, Shandong, China. woshi631@126.com.
Yongliang YangDepartment of Orthopedics, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 250021, Jinan, Shandong, China. yyljn@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8110-3949
Heze Municipal Hospital · CNShandong Provincial Hospital · CNShandong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the clinical efficacy and outcomes of skin stretch suturing with self-locking sliding Nice knots in the treatment of small- or medium-sized wounds.

methodsFrom June 2015 to May 2018, 26 patients with small- or medium-sized wounds were included in the present study. Skin stretch suturing with self-locking slide Nice knots was performed to gradually close the soft-tissue defects in these patients. The time of wound closure and healing was recorded. The color and blood supply of the skin, cutaneous sensation, the stretch of skin, and the hair growth situation of the skin wound were observed and recorded.

resultsThere were 17 males and 9 females with an average age of 30.65 years (range, 15-48 years). The areas of the soft-tissue defects were between 3.2 × 7.1 cm and 8.0 × 15.2 cm. All patients underwent stretch suturing with self-locking slide Nice knots to close the soft-tissue defects. All wounds were successfully closed and healed. The mean time of wound closure was 10.69 days (range, 5-20 days), and the mean time of wound healing was 16.85 days (range, 10-24 days). The cutaneous sensation of skin wound recovered normally, and the color of the skin wounds was the same as that of normal skin at the last follow-up. The hair growth situation of the skin wounds also returned to normal.

conclusionsThis study revealed that Nice knots yielded an accepted clinical result as a new method to close small- or medium-sized wounds that was simple and less minimally invasive, resulted in progressive tension, did not return to previous results, and partially replace flaps or free skin grafts.

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SkinSuture TechniquesWound Closure TechniquesAdolescentAdultDermatologic Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresRetrospective StudiesWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultClosureNice knotSoft-tissue defectsSutureWounds

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PMCPMC7579834
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