title: [Experimental studies on the usefulness of Dexon (polyglycolic acid) and our own modified suture method for suturing after tendon severing].
abstract: The author had observed in experimental investigations the healing process that achillo-tenotomy in rabbits and a following suture with catgut or silk or DEXON. The suture after tenotomy was carried out with a circular suture of an own modification. Microscopic and macroscopic investigations showed a distinct bigger reaction of the connective tissue and more adhesions around the tenorrhaphy after catgut suture than after silk or DEXON suture. The mechanic investigations showed a clearly smaller tensile strength after a catgut suture than after silk or DEXON suture. Since DEXON sutures will completely resorb they are superior to the non-absorbable sutures.
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D002398:Catgut; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D019476:Insect Proteins; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D011506:Proteins; D011817:Rabbits; D047011:Silk; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D047011:Silk; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid
vernacular_title: Experimentaluntersuchungen über die Brauchbarkeit von DEXON (Polyglykolsäure) und einer eigenen Nahtmodifikation zur Naht nach Sehnendurchtrennung.