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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The tissue adhesive method incurred a higher cost to the Hospital Authority (216. 12 [US $ 27. 70] versus 171. 33 [US $ 21. 96] ; absolute difference 44. 79 [US $ 5. 74] [95 % confidence interval (CI) 32. 76 to 55. 95 [US $ 4. 20 to 7. 14]]) but a lower charge to patients (109. 68 [US $ 14. 06] versus 156. 96 [US $ 20. 12] ; absolute difference 47. 28 [US $ 6. 06] [95 % CI, 35. 58 to 58. 98 [US $ 4. 56 to 7. 56]) than the conventional suture method.