title: Continuous absorbable suture pattern in the closure of ventral midline abdominal incisions in horses.
abstract: A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the healing of ventral midline abdominal incisions, closed with a simple continuous suture pattern using absorbable suture material, in 139 horses and foals. Dehiscence and incisional hernia developed separately in two horses. The low incidence of dehiscence and incisional hernia, compared with their reported incidence following the use of interrupted suture repair, leads the authors to recommend this alternative method of abdominal incision closure in horses. The security of closure is not sacrificed and the advantages of a rapid closure are desirable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Yovich
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Embertson
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Santschi
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Slone
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D006547:Hernia / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000662:veterinary; D013537:Sutures / Q000662:veterinary*; D014945:Wound Healing