Clinical factors
Barbed suture group (n = 27)
Interrupt suture group (n = 13)
p-value
Suture time (min, mean±SD) 8.9 ± 8.7 21.2 ±12.6 <0.001
Oral cavity (tongue or FOM)
9.0 ± 4.1
15.0 ± 11.6
Oral cavity + BOT
11.8 ± 18.4
33.9 ± 5.9
Buccal or RMT
6.2 ± 1.2
17.5 ± 7.1
Complications (n, %)
Dehiscence
3 (11.1)
1 (7.7)
0.608
Foreign body sensation
14 (51.9)
3 (23.1)
0.082