title: Importance of absorbable surgical sutures for the prevention of stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To elucidate the significance of absorbable surgical sutures in the occurrence of stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were 251 patients who underwent excision and/or reconstruction and/or neck dissection for oral SCC using absorbable surgical sutures. Detection rates and characteristics of patients with stitch abscess were retrospectively evaluated by comparing between our present and previous data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was only one stitch abscess among the 251 patients. A significant difference in the incidence of stitch abscess was found between the present data and our previous data. Of course, no significant correlations were found between the occurrence of stitch abscess using absorbable surgical sutures and the various factors seen in our previous analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A complete switch of surgical sutures from silk to absorbable surgical sutures is needed for surgery in patients with oral SCC.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Kyushu Dental University, 2-6-1 Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu 803-8580, Japan, rad-mori@kyu-dent.ac.jp.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Joujima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wakasugi-Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morimoto
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013537:Sutures; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials