| Bhoyrul12
|
Randomized/244 general surgery procedures |
Cutting & Blunt |
≥10-mm cutting >10-mm blunt (3%) |
6–18 months |
Cutting 125 C 0% Blunt 119 NC: 0% |
Radially expanding trocar sites do not require routine closure |
| Liu13
|
Prospective/110 sites, general surgery procedures |
Blunt, para-median |
None |
11 months |
10-mm 0% 12-mm 0% |
Closure not required with blunt trocars at para-median sites above arcuate line, residual fascial defect 6–8mm |
| Johnson14
|
Retrospective/747 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass |
Blunt, para-median |
None |
20 months |
1494 12-mm 0% 2241 5-mm 0% |
Para-median blunt (radially dilating) sites do not require closure |
| Shalhav15
|
Retrospective/92 renal procedures |
Blunt, para-median |
62 closed, 28 non- closed |
4.8 months |
12-mm C: 0% 12-mm NC: 0% |
Closure not required on para-median blunt trocars, NC excluded malnutrition, renal failure, chronic steroid use |
| Siqueira16
|
Retrospective/350 sites, donor nephrectomies |
Blunt, para median |
None |
36 months |
140 12-mm 0% 210 5-mm 0% |
Closure not required on para-median blunt trocars even at 12-mm |
| Mahmoud17
|
Prospective/405 Nissen fundoplication |
Cutting, para median, above arcuate line |
None |
1 month up to 6 years |
810 10-mm 0% |
Para-median trocar sites do not require closure |
