…could replace sutures. I’ve always thought that stitches were a very crude means of keeping wounds together. When I cut my the skin on patella on broken class a few years ago, we used superglue to hold things together temporarily, but I eventually still had to put in staples. This sounds like it would have been much better.
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Sutures and staples only occasionally fail. One-sided tape such as Steri-strips are not as effective in my experience because their bond fails when they get wet or under particular tension. They also don’t work so well for deep lacerations as they don’t close lower tissues like absorbable sutures do.
Unfortunately, the article didn’t exactly explain how double-sided tape would be applied. Is it inserted into the wound and then the wound manually squeezed closed onto the tape and then the tape trimmed to remove any excess sticking out. If that works, that would be quite interesting provided that it really does hold the wound closed reliably and under tension. But, if being applied on the surface such as Steri-strips then it is not clear to my why they need to be sticky on both sides.
Doctor McCoy could close a wound with a salt shaker. Let me known when we get there…
Like this? https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/woundseal-powder-to-stop-bleeding/ID=prod6099456-product
More like this… Pass me the salt please…
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Experiencing skin irritation under surgical tape used to keep gauze in place makes me wary of this. Sutures and staples had worked fine with proper attention…
Agree. My wife has had some major welts from bandages (surely from the adhesive) after skin procedures. We were forced to remove it. Would hate to have that happen in an incision. Guess they could test the new strips on people’s skin before a procedure.
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