**Abstract**

This chapter will review the most recent advances in surgical wound closure devices and how they impact and support surgical wound healing. An overview of surgical wound healing and its potential complications will be provided. Wound closure technologies will be described with a focus on how they may also minimize complications of surgical wound healing such as infection, dehiscence, and incisional hernia. Evidence will be summarized to support these effects along with an explanation of mechanisms of action. Broad categories of wound closure technologies to be discussed will include absorbable suture materials, antibacterial sutures, surgical staples, and topical skin adhesives.

**Keywords:** surgical wound, wound closure techniques, postoperative complications, incisional hernia, surgical wound infection, surgical wound dehiscence, sutures, antibacterial sutures, absorbable sutures, topical skin adhesives
