Prioritizing psychological relief: fast-absorbing collagen sutures improve parental well-being in pediatric facial trauma care.

Peili Xie, Kaixi Tan, Jianfei Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Peili XieDepartment of Pediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.

Kaixi TanDepartment of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.

Jianfei ZhangDepartment of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the psychological status and quality of life improvements in parents of children undergoing facial trauma repair emphasizing cosmetic outcomes with fast-absorbing collagen sutures, and to compare these outcomes with those in parents of children repaired with nylon sutures. A secondary objective was to compare scar outcomes between the two suture materials. Methods: From January 2024 to October 2024, 120 primary caregivers (defined as the parent providing ≥80% of daily wound care) of pediatric facial trauma patients were randomized into an observation group ( Results: Baseline SAS/SDS scores and GQOLI-74 domain scores showed no intergroup differences ( Conclusion: Fast-absorbing collagen sutures significantly alleviate parental anxiety/depression and improve family quality of life without compromising scar outcomes compared to nylon sutures. The non-removal protocol simplifies postoperative care, highlighting the importance of integrating caregiver psychological well-being into suture material selection.

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family-centered carefamily quality of lifefast-absorbing collagen suturesparental anxietypediatric facial traumapostoperative psychological burdenscar cosmesis

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PMID40861059

DOI10.3389/fped.2025.1628763

PMCPMC12375606

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