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In addition, three separate plastic surgeons reviewed the wound characteristics and overall appearance by analyzing photographs that were taken over the course of 12 months to document the healing process.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The overall complication rate was 14.1%, with 0.4% hematoma, 1.25% infection, 0.8% seroma, 1.5% necrosis, 3.75% erythema, 3.3% delayed wound healing, and 3.1% suture extrusion. The authors reported the rate of step-off border (9%), contour irregularities (6.5%), margin separation (1.25%), edge inversion (3.2%), excessive distortion (0.9%), and bad overall appearance (6.4%) of the cases.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This new technique in wound incision and closure based on de-epithelization and bilayer tension-free closure reduces the complications associated with barbed sutures.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/asjof\/ojaa008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,27]],"date-time":"2020-02-27T05:09:54Z","timestamp":1582780194000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A New Suturing Method for Optimal Wound Healing: Technique and Experience"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"2","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1856-1271","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicolas 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