The use of cyanoacrylates for wound closure in head and neck surgery

The purpose of this study was to compare the mean duration and complication rates of cyanoacrylate application in head and neck incision closures to those performed with conventional sutures. Eighty patients who underwent head and neck surgical operations (20 thyroidectomies, 13 submandibular gland resections, 9 parotidectomies, 6 neck dissections in conjunction with other surgical procedures, 1 lateral rhinotomy, 1 thyroglossal cyst resection and 30 open neck biopsies) were included in the study. The incisions were closed either with interrupted suture technique (32 patients) or cyanoacrylate (48 patients). The duration of skin closure time was compared between the two groups with nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test and a P value