background: u sing non-absorbable suture in children hernia repair to decrease of recurrence is recommended in the most pediatric surgery centers. the aim of this study was to determine relationship between kind of suture material and rate of hernia recurrence. methods: in this clinical trial 200 children (age 1-5 years) with inguinal hernia who operated in imam-reza hospital (kermanshah –iran ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of monocryl (Polyglecaprone 25), silk and catgut suture materials on wound healing in diabetic rats and to evaluate NO (nitric oxide) dynamics. STUDY DESIGN Fourty-eight male Wistar-Albino rats weighing 220-270 g were used in this study. The rats were categorized into 2 groups, as control group (n=24) and streptozotocin (STZ) ...

Background and Aim: The risk of surgical site infection may depend on bacterial attachment and physical and chemical properties of suture materials. This study aimed to evaluate bacterial accumulation on triclosan-coated (Vicryl Plus) and silk sutures placed at different distances from Vicryl Plus after dental implant surgery. Materials and Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 20 pati...

Silk from the silkworm, Bombyx mori, has been used as biomedical suture material for centuries. The unique mechanical properties of these fibers provided important clinical repair options for many applications. During the past 20 years, some biocompatibility problems have been reported for silkworm silk; however, contamination from residual sericin (glue-like proteins) was the likely cause. Mor...

Spider dragline is used by many members of the Araneae family not only as a proteinogenic safety thread but also for web construction. Spider dragline has been shown to possess high tensile strength in combination with elastic behavior. This high tensile strength can be attributed to the presence of antiparallel β-sheets within the thread; these antiparallel β-sheets are why the protein is clas...

n: The purpose of this study was to compare the histopathologic reaction of four rials: silk, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyglycolic acid, and catgut in the f albino rabbits. nd Methods: The twenty-one male mature albino rabbits which were used in e randomly divided into three groups of seven each. Silk, PVDF, polyglycolic acid ure materials were tested in the oral mucosa of these animals...

The material properties of ten 2-O suture materials were evaluated tensiometrically at time = 0 and again after 6 weeks incubation in rats. All suture material was incubated and tested without knots. Specialized machinery was used with a custom securing apparatus to pull suture material apart at constant speed. Stress-strain curves were derived, and from these strength, toughness, strain at rup...

We report a case of a 33-year-old male with a mixed germ-cell testicular tumor. Postoperative follow-up FDG-PET revealed concentration of FDG in the left inguinal area which is not tumor metastasis or local recurrence but suture reactivity granuloma. In this paper, we reviewed suture granulomas associated with false-positive findings on FDG-PET after surgery. If FDG-PET will be used more freque...

Wound infection after surgery can be addressed to bacteria inoculation into the operation site. Sutures can facilitate bacteria colonization on them. Several suture types are used in the oral cavity. The aim of this clinical study was to compare bacterial adhesion tendencies on silk, polyglycolic acid sutures and polyglecaprone 25 sutures. Eight patients underwent lower impacted third molar sur...

Whether absorbable or non-absorbable suture material should be used in the repair of wounds has long been a highly controversial subject. Popular favor has swung from one extreme to the other repeatedly in the last century. Lord Lister was responsible for the initial popularity of catgut, just as Kocher was one of the first to abandon its use in favor of a non-absorbable material, i.e., silk. H...