Barbed vs Standard Suture: Randomized Single-Blinded Comparison of Adhesion Formation and Ease of Use in an Animal Model

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 716-719

  Einarsson, Jon I ^a   Grazul Bilska, Anna T ^b   Vonnahme, Kimberly A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Barbed; Sheep; Suture

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARBED SUTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EWE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; UTERUS SYNECHIA; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOMETRIUM; SHEEP; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 80054887079     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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