Human tissue reaction to sutures

Tissue reaction to sutures was studied in 666 specimens obtained from patients from one day to 23 years after operation. Reaction to catgut depends on the stage of absorption and is mainly histocytic in type. Nonabsorbable sutures are encapsulated by a rim of connective tissue, while near the suture...

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Published inAnnals of surgery Vol. 181; no. 2; pp. 144 - 150
Main Authors Postlethwait, R W, Willigan, D A, Ulin, A W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1975
Subjects
Absorption
Foreign-Body Reaction
Gossypium - adverse effects
Histiocytes
Humans
Lymphocytes
Polyethylene Terephthalates - adverse effects
Polytetrafluoroethylene - adverse effects
Surgical Wound Infection
Sutures - adverse effects
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Summary:Tissue reaction to sutures was studied in 666 specimens obtained from patients from one day to 23 years after operation. Reaction to catgut depends on the stage of absorption and is mainly histocytic in type. Nonabsorbable sutures are encapsulated by a rim of connective tissue, while near the suture histocytes, giant cells and lymphocytes are found. This is most marked with silk and cotton, less so with Dacron, and least with nylon and wire. Tissue infiltration into the suture interstics is variable. The reactions resemble the findings in experimental animals.
ISSN:0003-4932
1528-1140
DOI:10.1097/00000658-197502000-00003