A comparison of absorbable and non-absorbable 10-0 sutures for the repair of a divided rat facial nerve.
The use of absorbable sutures to anastomose nerves is controversial. This paper reports on a controlled trial comparing absorbable and non-absorbable sutures for this purpose. No difference between the sutures was found.
Murray
J A
JA
Otolaryngology Unit, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
Willins
M
M
Mountain
R E
RE
D000042:Absorption; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000294:innervation; D009757:Nylons; D010781:Photography; D011098:Polyglactin 910 / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013537:Sutures; D014945:Wound Healing
D009757:Nylons; D011098:Polyglactin 910