Sentence examples for staple removal from inspiring English sources
At 2 weeks, patients returned to the clinic for staple removal or wound inspection.
This should be reiterated to the patient during any wound check visits, but especially during suture or staple removal [41].
One patient was noted to have partial wound dehiscence after staple removal and required local wound care until uncomplicated secondary wound healing had occurred.
Patient satisfaction was very high which is in part aided by the ease of bathing immediately after surgery, with no need to replace the dressings, and lack of requirement for suture or staple removal [4].
A cohort study of 192 patients undergoing thoracolumbar spinal operations showed no difference in wound infection rates with early showering (POD 2 for lumbar microdiscectomy, POD 5 for other operations; 2 % wound complication rate) versus a control group (showering on POD 10 14 after staple removal; 4 % wound complication rate) [6].
Numerous potential advantages have been reported for both surgeons, healthcare system providers, and patients compared to conventional surgical wound closure techniques, including faster closure time, good cosmesis, non-invasive, less tissue trauma, no requirement for secondary dressing, ease of bathing, and no requirement for suture or staple removal [4].
She had a history of bilateral carpal tunnel release, posterior spinal fusion of T7-L3, anterior spinal fusion, bilateral varus osteotomies, right proximal medial tibial epiphyseal stapling, and removal of knee staples prior to GH therapy.
Filtration was also less efficient than PEG purification with respect to staple strand removal: twice as many residual staple strands were present in the once-filtered sample as compared to a once-PEG-precipitated sample.
Since then, the procedure has evolved in two directions: LAA exclusion with sutures on the epicardial or endocardial surface and LAA excision through staples or removal and oversew.
Discard the staples upon removal.
