Table 1 Summary of published results on the review of the type of sutures used for uterine compression sutures
Suture size | Suture material | Number or studiesa | Total cases included in the studies | Needle types | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curved | Straight | NA | |||||
No. 0 | Polyglactin 910 | 4 | 13 | Shape | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bodied | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
NA | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Catgut | 1 | 5 | NA | ||||
Poliglecaprone 25 | 1 | 1 | NA | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
No. 1 | Polyglactin 910 | 25 | 355 | Shape | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bodied | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
NA | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Catgut | 7 | 85 | Shape | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Bodied | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Polydioxanone | 2 | 2 | NA | ||||
Poliglecaprone 25 | 3 | 36 | Bodied | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
NA | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Others | 7 | 98 | Shape | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Bodied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
NA | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
No. 2 | Polyglactin 910 | 16 | 128 | Shape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bodied | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
NA | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Catgut | 11 | 155 | Shape | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bodied | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
NA | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Polydioxanone | 1 | 1 | NA | ||||
Others | 4 | 25 | Shape | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bodied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||