A Comparative Study of Cutting Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Surgical Incisions.

Cureus · 2026 · PMC13193659 · PMID 42181355

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closest p · 0.1× alpha

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highly significantp = 0.003actually significant

The interaction between the instrument and the wound length was highly significant (p = 0.003).

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a strong trendp = 0.0621so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

A Fisher’s exact test demonstrated a strong trend toward statistical significance for this disparity (p = 0.0621).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.18not close (p > 0.1)

Despite this, blood loss remained significantly lower in the electrocautery group in both long (1.70 ± 0.74 vs 3.52 ± 2.44; p = 0.001) and medium (1.22 ± 0.66 vs 2.08 ± 0.92; p = 0.012) incision groups, while the difference in the short incision group did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.18).

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an apparent trendno p-value reported

There is an apparent trend of decreasing VAS with time evident in both groups.

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