REACTION OF URINARY-TRACT TO POLYPROPYLENE SUTURES

1 January 1976

journal article
research article

Vol. 14 (1) , 44-46

Abstract

Cystotomies were performed on 99 mature guinea pigs and closed with polypropylene sutures. The bladders were removed at intervals from day 4 through day 144 postoperatively. They were studied with both light microscopy and EM. A localized mild, acute, inflammatory reaction was noted transitorily; it subsided between the 7th and 14th day. Three calculi were formed, a result which compares favorably with studies of other sutures. The suture may have a place in urologic surgery.

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