Table 1. Demographic, medical history, and surgery details of the recruited patients.
LSCS = lower (uterine)-segment cesarean section; n = number of subjects; % = percentage; SD = standard deviation
| Parameters | Theruptor (n = 70) | Tegaderm (n = 70) | Plain gauze (n = 70) | P-value |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 35.8 ± 13.1 | 34.16 ± 13.8 | 34.99 ± 13.76 | 0.739 |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.832 | |||
| Male | 13 (18.6) | 15 (21.4) | 15 (21.4) | |
| Female | 57 (81.4) | 55 (78.6) | 55 (78.6) | |
| Type of surgery, n (%) | 0.843 | |||
| Abdominal cases | 68 (97.1) | 69 (98.6) | 69 (98.6) | |
| Elective LSCS | 50 (73.5) | 50 (72.5) | 47 (68.1) | |
| Hernioplasty | 10 (14.7) | 16 (23.5) | 13 (18.9) | |
| Laparotomy | 5 (7.4) | 1 (1.5) | 4 (5.8) | |
| Others | 3 (4.4) | 2 (2.5) | 5 (7.2) | |
| Joint cases | 2 (2.9) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | |