SUTURES FOR INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY - A COMPARISON OF MONOFILAMENTS WITH PTFE
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 71 (2) , 128-130
Abstract
Polybutester (Novafil, Davis and Geck) and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE (Gore-tex, W. L. Gore) were compared with nylon (Ethilon, Ethicon UK) for elective inguinal herniorrhaphy. PTFE had the best handling characteristics, but is expensive, and increased wound sepsis attended its use. Polybutester had significantly better handling characteristics, and is an attractive alternative to nylon for hernia repair.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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