Abstract
Background: Thyroidectomy wound infections and wound related issues are important source of morbiditybecause of local inflammatory responses like erythematic, cellulitis, and superficial wound infection.Method: 30 patients wound were closed by sub-cuticular suture and 30 patients by steristrips followed byThyroidectomy. Verbal analogue scale and visual analogue scale at different intervals were compared. Moreovercosmetic visual analogue was also compared after 6th week of the surgery.Results: Verbal analogue after 48 hours and visual analogue after 48 hours had significant p value (p<0.001) withsteri-strips had excellent results of 93.3% and 6.6% of Good results versus sub-cuticular suture had 80% excellentand 20% good cosmetic appearance.Conclusion: Steri-strips sutures were better in both visual, Verbal and cosmetic analogue and reduce the stay inhospital as compared to sub-cuticular suture technique.
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