According to a recent study, between these two ways to close the opening through which the baby is born, the stitches are better than the staples to suture the caesarean section wound.
Pennsylvania researchers have studied the cases of 400 women undergoing a C-section and found that those whose wound had been closed with stitches had suffered fewer complications than those whose wound had been closed with staples.
Just seeing the staples in a wound (and more so in that sensitive area) gives me repelus, but lately it has become a very common way to close the cuts.
When it comes to linear cuts, as in the case of caesarean section, surgical staples are the fastest option, shortening the intervention time from 57 to 49 minutes according to this study, although previous ones speak of a greater difference. They are also related to a lower risk of infection, although in some cases the wound is complicated by a reaction to the metal of the staples.
The study indicated that women with staple sutures had gone to the doctor more times for wound complications than those who had stitches (36% versus 10%).
The wound separation rate had been much higher with the staples than with the stitches (16.8 versus 4.6 percent), while the problems with the wound dressing were also higher in the case of staples (21.8 versus 9.1 percent).
Although the staples are the fastest method, the researchers end up recommending the suture with stitches with surgical thread because they involve fewer complications and fewer subsequent visits to the doctor.
We would like to know your experience with one or another method in the case of having had a C-section.
