title: [Biological effects of suture materials].
abstract: Suture materials have some important biological effects which may influence the rate of early and late anastomotic complications. The risk of dehiscence is increased by those materials stimulating a local phlogistic reaction, therefore delaying the activation of the repairing process. Not absorbable sutures cause a chronic granulomatous reaction that may result in cicatricial stenosis. Experimental studies suggest surgical sutures to act as a nidus for adhesions and growth of exfoliated tumor cells. This property is greater for the natural and braided materials.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale, Università degli Studi di Trieste.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liguori
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007422:Intestines / Q000601:surgery; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013537:Sutures
vernacular_title: Effetti biologici dei materiali di sutura.