Table 4.
Difference in Closure Time Between EZ-CloseTM and Hand Suture According to Body Mass Index and Abdominal Wall Thickness
| Subgroups | n | Closure time, mean ± SD, s |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| EZ-CloseTM | Hand Suture | p | ||
| BMI, kg/m2 | ||||
| <23 | 13 | 94.8 ± 25.8 | 91.5 ± 23.4 | 0.223 |
| 23–24.9 | 13 | 86.3 ± 20.4 | 112.5 ± 45.5 | 0.069 |
| 25–26.9 | 15 | 85.9 ± 19.8 | 135.6 ± 67.9 | 0.014 |
| ≥27 | 13 | 85.1 ± 18.4 | 150.2 ± 70.6 | 0.01 |
| AWT, mm | ||||
| <16 | 12 | 96.7 ± 24.0 | 102.2 ± 25.2 | 0.576 |
| 16–19.9 | 13 | 89.2 ± 22.1 | 96.4 ± 29.0 | 0.457 |
| 20–25.9 | 12 | 81.1 ± 11.5 | 142.3 ± 83.7 | 0.023 |
| ≥26 | 17 | 85.6 ± 22.6 | 160.2 ± 55.5 | <0.001 |
SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; AWT, abdominal wall thickness.