[Simplified atraumatic wound closure of skin defects]

A simplified technique of atraumatic tape-suture wound closure was performed by means of horizontal and vertical fixation of Squibb Dermahesive strips along and upon the wound margins; this method was combined with various suture techniques (i.e. interrupted sutures, vertical mattress sutures, half buried/mattress sutures, subcuticular and subcutaneous sutures).