To evaluate the association between aesthetic suturing and clinical wound healing, including specific outcomes such as healing time, complications, and scar-related outcomes in patients with traffic accident-related injuries.
Approach:
Key Findings:
Time to complete healing and primary healing were similar between aesthetic and conventional suturing groups, with no statistically significant differences.
Aesthetic suturing resulted in fewer revisits/readmissions.
Scar outcomes favored aesthetic suturing with lower VSS scores, reduced scar pain, and higher patient satisfaction.
Hypertrophic scar and contracture rates were not significantly different between the two groups.
Interpretation:
Aesthetic suturing is associated with improved scar quality and patient-reported outcomes without increasing short-term wound complications, despite similar complication rates.
Limitations:
Retrospective design may introduce selection bias.
Limited generalizability due to specific patient population and setting.
Potential confounding factors may not have been controlled for in the study.
Conclusion:
Aesthetic suturing may enhance scar appearance and patient satisfaction in traffic accident-related injuries without compromising wound healing safety.
