Clinical Comparison of Polyglactic Acid (Vicryl) and Polytrimethylene Carbonate (Maxon) Suture Material
- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
- Vol. 17 (8) , 667-669
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-4725.1991.tb01317.x
Abstract
Over a 1‐year period, 584 repairs of surgical defects were completed using two different synthetic absorbable sutures, polyglactic acid (Vicryl) and polytrimethylene carbonate (Maxon). No difference in scar width or postoperative complications were found between the two sutures, but polytrimethylene carbonate (Maxon) demonstrated preferable handling and tying characteristics.Keywords
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