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ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2013

Local tissue ischemia is not necessary for suture-induced adhesion formation.

Taufiek Konrad Rajab, Christoph Brochhausen, Markus Wallwiener

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Article in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Taufiek Konrad RajabDepartment of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA, trajab@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.
Christoph Brochhausen
Markus Wallwiener
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USFrauenklinik Heidelberg · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe investigated the hypothesis that local tissue ischemia is responsible for suture-induced adhesion formation.

methodsA total of 160 interrupted sutures were placed in the parietal peritoneum of 20 Wistar rats. The animals were randomized into an ischemia group, where the sutures were pulled tight and a non-ischemia group, where the sutures were tied as loose loops with air knots to avoid any local ischemia. The midline laparotomy was closed with a running suture. On postoperative day 10, adhesions to the sutures were counted.

resultsThere was no statistically significant difference in the number of adhesions forming to sutures with local ischemia (n = 66/80) versus sutures without local ischemia (n = 69/80).

conclusionWe conclude that local tissue ischemia is not necessary for suture-induced adhesion formation and propose an additional mechanical mechanism to explain how suture knots can predispose to adhesiogenesis.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalIschemiaLaparotomyPeritoneumRatsRats, WistarSuture TechniquesTissue Adhesions

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PMID23680978
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