There has been a long debate among moms, and sometimes their providers, about what is better looking after giving birth by cesarean in terms of the scar: staples or sutures. The word staples, makes many moms cringe at the thought. It brings up thoughts of Frankenstein's Monster, horrible scars, and desk staplers. On the flip side we tend to think of sutures as being fine needle work, often made with friendly sounding terms like silk, or numbered like DMC floss.
A new study actually took about 60 women, half having their first c-section, and used both staples and sutures to close the incision after their cesarean. They waited six months postpartum and went back and asked the women which side they preferred, both in terms of looks and feeling (think pain and/or numbness). The stapled side was the preferred side. Interestingly enough, they were also looked at by two plastic surgeons. One surgeon had no preference and one overwhelmingly preferred the stapled side. There wasn't any quantifiable difference in pain.
Did you have staples or sutures? How did that work for you?
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Aabakke, Anna J. M. M. D., Krebs, Lone M. D. DMSc, Pipper, Christian B. MSc PhD, & Secher, Niels J. M. D. Subcuticular Suture Compared With Staples for Skin Closure After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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Women Prefer Staples After Cesarean Birth originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Friday, September 27th, 2013 at 09:27:15.
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