Incisional Surgical Site Infection after Abdominal Fascial Closure with Triclosan-Coated Barbed Suture vs Triclosan-Coated Polydioxanone Loop Suture vs Polydioxanone Loop Suture in Emergent Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

J, Ruiz-Tovar; C, Llavero; M, Jimenez-Fuertes; M, Duran; M, Perez-Lopez; A, Garcia-Marin

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.02.031

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Incisional Surgical Site Infection after Abdominal Fascial Closure with Triclosan-Coated Barbed Suture vs Triclosan-Coated Polydioxanone Loop Suture vs Polydioxanone Loop Suture in Emergent Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Ruiz-Tovar J

Llavero C

Jimenez-Fuertes M

Abstract

Background Triclosan-coated sutures have been shown to reduce surgical-site infection (SSI) in emergent operation for fecal peritonitis. Barbed sutures provoke a homogeneous distribution of tension throughout the suture, implying better blood supply to the wound edges and healing. The aim of this st...

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