Fig 1.
PRISMA process.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
Fig 2.
Risk-of-bias summary.
Fig 3.
NMA for time to skin closure of dermal and epidermal layer (seconds).
(A) Forest plot of the network meta-analysis comparing each intervention against absorbable suture. (B) Each node (blue circles) represents a unique skin closure material; moreover, the size of each node represents the included pregnant woman for the intervention. The connecting line indicates direct comparisons between both nodes. The width of each line represents the number of direct comparisons between interventions. (C) Schematic detailing the most efficacious skin closure material in NMA for time to skin closure of dermal and epidermal layer (seconds), and the surface under the cumulative ranking curve analysis (SUCRA) score. NMA, network meta-analysis; SMD, network standardized mean difference; CrI, confidence interval.
Fig 4.
(A) Forest plot of the network meta-analysis comparing each intervention against glue suture. (B) Each node (blue circles) represents a unique skin closure material; further, the size of each node represents the included pregnant woman for the intervention. The connecting line indicates direct comparisons between both nodes. The width of each line represents the number of direct comparisons between interventions. (C) Schematic detailing the most efficacious skin closure materials in NMA for skin separation, and surface under the cumulative ranking curve analysis (SUCRA) score. NMA, network meta-analysis; OR, odds ratio; CrI, confidence interval.
Fig 5.
(A) Forest plot of the network meta-analysis comparing each intervention against staple. (B) Each node (blue circles) represents a unique skin closure material; moreover, the size of each node represents the included pregnant woman for the intervention. The connecting line indicates direct comparisons between both nodes. The width of each line represents the number of direct comparisons between interventions. (C) Schematic detailing the most efficacious skin closure materials in NMA for wound complications, and surface under the cumulative ranking curve analysis (SUCRA) score. NMA, network meta-analysis; OR, odds ratio; CrI, confidence interval.