𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

The closure of abdominal wounds in cancer patients

✍ Scribed by Alphonse L. Gallitano; Edward S. Kondi

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1976
Tongue
English
Weight
257 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A total of 102 abdominal surgical wounds in cancer patients were closed with absorbable suture material. The object of the study was to evaluate whether patients with cancer having possible wound healing impairments could be closed with absorbable sutures, thereby omitting the difficulties involved with retention sutures or nonabsorbable material. Polyglycolic acid sutures were used in the fascia in all of these patients, and they were studied regarding the incidence of wound infection, wound dehiscence, and incisional hernias. There were no instances of wound dehiscence in the entire series. A wound infection rate of 14.8% was encountered. The incidence of incisional hernia following either infection or primary healing was noted to be markedly decreased. The rate of wound dehiscence and wound hernia was sufficiently low to lead us to recommend this type of abdominal wound closure in all cancer patients.

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

Abdominal wound healing in jaundiced pat
Abdominal wound healing in jaundiced patients
✍ T. T. Irvin; J. S. Vassilakis; D. K. Chattopadhyay; M. G. Greaney πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1978 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 228 KB πŸ‘ 2 views
Layered versus mass closure of abdominal
Layered versus mass closure of abdominal wounds in infants and children
✍ Mr E. M. Kiely; L. Spitz πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1985 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 236 KB πŸ‘ 1 views

A prospective trial of layered versus mass closure of laparotomy wounds was performed on 507 infants and children over a 33 month period. All wounds were sutured using polyglycolic acid sutures. There were four wound failures including one disruption in the layered closure group and one wound failur

Abdominal wound closure: A trial of Prol
Abdominal wound closure: A trial of Prolene and Dexon
✍ A. E. P. Cameron; R. C. F. Gray; R. W. Talbot; A. P. Wyatt πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1980 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 220 KB

## Summary The incidence of wound infection, burst abdomen and incisional herniation after a vertical abdominal incision was studied in a prospective trial comparing polypropylene (Prolene) with polyglycolic acid (Dexon). Wounds were closed by interrupted mass suture with an optional reinforcing co