Prospective Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of a New Surgical Tube Fixation Method: A Pilot Study

Various tubes may be fixed to the skin by ligation using silk sutures after gastrointestinal surgery. We investigated the effects of a skin substitute, “Nonaht®,” on pain and skin inflammation at the fixation sites of various tubes. The effects of tubes (abdominal drains, small intestinal feeding tubes, and bile duct drainage tubes) fixed in place using either silk sutures or Nonaht were compared for 1–3 months. The median pain scores at the...