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10149779

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
Three hundred patients undergoing celiotomies had fascial incisions closed using O-Maxon looped suture employing a knot-free running modification of the Smead Jones method. Two hundred ninety-three patients were evaluated prospectively to determine efficacy and safety of this technique. Seventy-two percent of patients underwent celiotomies for treatment of malignant diseases. A vertical incision was used in 79% and a transverse incision in 21% of patients. Mean fascial closure time was 8.4 minutes (range 3-32), without a significant difference between the vertical and transverse incisions. Overall suture handling was judged as excellent in 44% of the patients and good in 54%. Six weeks postoperatively, wounds were healed in 99% of patients, with less than 1% having residual infection or unclosed, granulating wounds. No herniation or fascial dehiscences occurred in this series. We conclude that Maxon looped suture employing a knot-free running Smead Jones technique appears to be a safe, efficient, and effective closure method in this group of patients. Further follow-up will be required to show whether this outcome is sustained.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
T
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1042-4067
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
107-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Running mass closure of abdominal wounds using absorbable looped suture.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Los Angeles.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article