Suture-line ulcer after gastric surgery caused by non-absorbable suture materials

1 May 1970

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery

Vol. 57 (5) , 356-358
https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800570510

Abstract

Four cases of suture-line ulceration associated with non-absorbable suture material are presented. In 2 of these cases the suture had been placed only in the seromuscular layer. The diagnosis was made in each case by gastroscopy. Excision of the complete suture line is the most satisfactory form of treatment.

Keywords

ULCER
SUTURES
SUTURE
NONABSORBABLE
STOMACH OPERATION
EXCISION
DIAGNOSIS
GASTROSCOPY

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Suture line ulcer after gastric surgery
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Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) ,1954