Comparison of absorbable and nonabsorbable sutures for intradermal skin closure in cats.
Paired skin incisions were made in 6 cats and closed intradermally with the copolymer of glycolide, ɛ-caprolacton, and trimethylene-carbonate, or polypropylene suture. The macroscopic and histologic appearance of the incisions was compared. Polypropylene suture compared favorably to glycolide, ɛ-caprolacton, and trimethylene-carbonate suture for closure of skin incisions in cats.
Papazoglou
Lysimachos G
LG
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. makdvm@vet.auth.gr
Tsioli
Vassiliki
V
Papaioannou
Nikolaos
N
Georgiadis
Marios
M
Savvas
Ioannis
I
Prassinos
Nikitas
N
Kouti
Vasileia
V
Bikiaris
Dimitrios
D
Hadzigiannakis
Christos
C
Zavros
Nikolaos
N
D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002415:Cats / Q000601:surgery*; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004146:Dioxanes; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011091:Polyesters; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D013537:Sutures / Q000662:veterinary*; D014945:Wound Healing
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004146:Dioxanes; D011091:Polyesters; D011126:Polypropylenes; C095495:glycolide E-caprolactone copolymer; C443643:trimethylene carbonate