title: Skin wound closure. The effect of various wound closure methods on susceptibility to infection.
abstract: A continuous subcuticular polyglycolic acid suture with buried knots protected by a paint-on plastic dressing is shown to be resistant to surface contamination with Staphylococcus aureus in mice and is suggested to be superior to percutaneous skin sutures in infectability and to a tape closure in security.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D051379:Mice; D009757:Nylons; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D009757:Nylons; D013193:Stainless Steel; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid