Running closure of clean and contaminated abdominal wounds using a synthetic monofilament absorbable looped suture

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 874-879

  Iwase, Kazuhiro ^a   Higaki, Jun ^a   Tanaka, Yasushi ^a   Kondoh, Haruhiko ^a   Yoshikawa, Masato ^a   Kamiike, Wataru ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous closure; Polydioxanone; Running closure; Suture sinus; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYDIOXANONE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SILK; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032887384     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482778     Document Type: Article

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