Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
First suture failure load (first failure load) for three main incision patterns. Conventional straight, Lazy-S and Zigzag incisions (both with perpendicular (90°) placement of sutures) were tested for their biomechanical stability. The mean is indicated by a cross. The bottom and top of the box are the 25th and 75th percentile. Error bars (whiskers) indicate the 10th and 90th percentile. * p < 0.05; ns, not significant. For each group 17 incision-patterns were tested.
