Skin staples are used to approximate wound edges and offer a time-saving alternative to surgical sutures. The skin staples are made of corrosion-resistant steel and, when closed, are rectangular with rounded corners and shortened ends, as the ends are intended only to hold the tissue in place and not to penetrate it like a ring.
Cost-effectiveness
Studies suggest that skin closure using skin staples is more cost-effective than closure with skin sutures [^1].
