Intestinal anastomosis and abdominal wound closure using monofilament prolene polypropylene suture
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 21 (5) , 342-345
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02586663
Abstract
The superiority of monofilament polypropylene suture for anastomosis and closure of the abdominal incision was demonstrated. This suture is inert, resists infection and is useful in the closure of potentially contaminated tissue.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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