A surgical wound closure device comprising multiple layers joined at only one edge of each layer in a book-like arrangement and having opposite unjoined edges, including a substrate having a proximal surface and a distal surface a drape having a proximal surface and a distal surface, and being disposed proximally to said substrate and an adhesive layer having a proximal surface and a distal surface said drape being disposed releasably adherently to said distal surface of said adhesive layer. Also provided is a surgical procedure employing a surgical wound closure device.
