Surgical needle holder damage to sutures.
Needle holder jaws with teeth produce distinct structural changes in synthetic sutures that cause a marked reduction in the suture breaking strength. This damage to the suture may account for disruptions of vascular and fascial wound closures in which continuous closure techniques are employed.
Stamp
C V
CV
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
McGregor
W
W
Rodeheaver
G T
GT
Thacker
J G
JG
Towler
M A
MA
Edlich
R F
RF
D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013537:Sutures