RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Surgicel plug technique versus endoclose technique for port-site closure post minimally invasive (robotic and laparoscopic) surgeries
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 368
OP 372
DO 10.15537/smj.2023.44.4.20220899
VO 44
IS 4
A1 Maher S. Moazin
A1 Abdulrahman M. Alsuwailim
A1 Mosab M. Botaiban
A1 Abdulaziz Y. Alabdulrahman
A1 Abdullah Alfakhri
A1 Naif Aldhaam,
A1 Muhammad Abukhater
A1 Arjmand Reyaz
A1 Mohammed Y. Alessa
YR 2023
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/44/4/368.abstract
AB Objectives: To compares the endoclose technique (ET) techniques and surgicel plug technique (SPT) in terms of port-site related complications. Minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) are widely performed nowadays, nonetheless, port-site closure technique plays a role in the prevention of port-site related complications.Methods: This retrospective study was carried out at general surgery and urology departments of King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia. Variables that were collected include age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, co-morbidities, type and date of surgery, intraoperative visceral injury or bleeding, technique cost, and port-site post-operative complications (hernia, infection, bleeding, dehiscence, and hypertrophic scarring). Data was collected from electronic medical records. Patients included are whom underwent any minimally invasive procedure from the beginning of 2014 until the end of September 2020. Follow up period was at least for 2 years.Results: We analyzed 397 patients. Surgicel plug technique was more of having hernia (2.3%) than of ET (0%). While ET was more on infection (0.9%) than in SPT, but no significant difference being observed (p=0.064).Conclusion: There is no significant difference between the ET and the novel SPT in terms of port-site related complications.