Comparison of Knotless Barbed Suture Versus Monocryle Suture For Intraoral Use in Maxillofacial Fractures: A Randomised Control Trial

Abstract

ABSTRACT Maxillofacial trauma involves different management modalities, which includes various approaches such as extraoral or intraoral approach. The intraoral approach is most preferred as it avoids facial scars. Various suture materials are available for wound closures such as conventional sutures, medication coated sutures or barbed sutures for good wound healing. The objective of this research was to check the effectiveness of knotless unidirectional barbed sutures for intraoral suturing in craniomaxillofacial trauma in comparison with conventional (monocryl) sutures. Material and method: The randomized control trial study was performed on 26 patients with 40 incision sites with maxillofacial trauma who fulfil the exclusion and inclusion criteria and was done in KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore’s Hospital, Belagavi. Patients were allotted in group A and group B randomly.