Surgical Site Infections After Wound Closure With Staples Versus Sutures in Post-renal Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Observational Study.

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12516433 · PMID 41089153

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narrowly missed statistical significancep = 0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Multivariate analysis further supported this trend, showing an AOR of 3.5 for SSI associated with staple use, though the result narrowly missed statistical significance (p = 0.07).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.089so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The mean BMI was slightly higher in the staples group (27.3 ± 2.9 kg/m2) compared to the sutures group (26.9 ± 3.1 kg/m2); however, this difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.089) (Table 1 ).

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