Skin closure with polyglycolic acid (Dexon).
Cosmetically satisfactory scars were achieved in 94.5% of skin crease orchidopexy wounds sutured with subcuticular polyglycolic acid. Of twenty-seven similar wounds closed with interrupted black silk sutures 18.5% developed hypertrophy at the medial end.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology*; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D013537:Sutures; D013784:Textiles; D014945:Wound Healing
D011100:Polyglycolic Acid