title: [Preliminary clinical experience with antibacterial surgical sutures].
abstract: Surgical sutures made of Letilan-Lavsan and polyvinyl alcohol fibers with morphocycline and neomycin and filamentous Letilan were applied in 802 patients in the past 4 years. These sutures display considerable antibacterial properties. The antibacterial effect of Letilan-Lavsan sutures is reduced during the healing because of formation of fibrous capsules, the fibers themselves not being deprived of their antibacterial properties for a long period. The Letilan fibers undergo gradual fragmentation and degradation. The antibacterial properties of polyvinyl alcohol fibers added with morphocycline and neomycin are retained for 2 months in the body tissues. The antibacterial Letilan-Lavsan sutures and filamentous Letilan sutures can be sterilized by autoclaving, applying hydrogen peroxide--formic acid mixture, gamma irradiation and ethylene oxide. The unsterilized antibacterial sutures can be used as cutaneous sutures in surgical procedures.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011145:Polyvinyls; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011145:Polyvinyls
vernacular_title: Antimikrobnye shovnye materialy i pervyĭ opyt ikh primeneniia v klinicheskoĭ praktike