Fig. 3.

This jit plot demonstrates mean incision perfusion at baseline by closure technique for all 45 patients in the study. Running subcuticular closure afforded the most robust perfusion, vertical mattress closure was intermediate, and staple closure resulted in the least blood flow to the incision site. Staple closure and running subcuticular closure followed a normal distribution; however, vertical mattress closure demonstrated a clear bimodal pattern. Five patients in this category obtained mean incision perfusion values similar to running subcuticular closure and the other 10 patients had mean incision perfusion values similar to staple closure. The horizontal bars represent the mean of the 15 patients for each respective closure technique.