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The study group included women who underwent either elective or emergent CD with continuous subcutaneous tissue closure, while the control group comprised those with interrupted subcutaneous tissue closure. We excluded women with suspected infectious morbidity before CD. The primary outcome was surgical\u2010site infection (SSI) rate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The final analysis included 6281 women. We performed continuous subcutaneous tissue closure in 37.4% (1867\/4988) of scheduled CD, and 45.8% (592\/1293) of emergent CD. The rate of SSI was significantly lower following continuous than interrupted subcutaneous tissue closure, in both elective CD (2.7% versus 4.5%, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u20090.031) and emergent CD (3.2% versus 5.4%, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u20090.036) in nulliparous and multiparous women. 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