ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2016
An implantable sensor device measuring suture tension dynamics: results of developmental and experimental work.
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- Different cellular and immunohistochemical abdominal wall cicatrization parameters evaluation in comparison with sublay, onlay, and ipom technique in an experimental rat model.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- Slowly absorbable mesh in contaminated incisional hernia repair: results of a French multicenter study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
- Poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (Phasix™) mesh onlay in complex abdominal wall repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Quantifying fascial tension in ventral hernia repair and component separation.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
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- Sublay repair results in superior mesh incorporation and histological fibrogenesis in comparison to onlay and primary suture in an experimental rat model.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Article
- Miniaturized Sensors Registering the Long-Term Course of Suture Tension In Vivo under Varying Intra-Abdominal Pressure.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Surgical sutures: coincidence or experience?Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeKnowledge about suture tension dynamics after laparotomy closure is limited due to the lack of adequate measurement tools. As a consequence, a miniaturized implantable sensor and data logger were developed and applied experimentally in a porcine model to measure suture tension dynamics after laparotomy closure. MATERIAL AND
methodsWe developed an implantable device (6 × 3 × 1 mm) fitted with silicon strain gauges and an implantable data logger allowing long-term registration. In nine domestic pigs, sensors and loggers were implanted along the suture closing a median laparotomy registering suture tension over a period of 23 h.
resultsFascial closure was achieved by a mean suture tension of 1.07 N. After 30 minutes, suture tension was reduced to 0.81N (-24.3 %, p = 0.0003). After 12 h, tension showed a further decrease to 0.69 N (-35.5 %, n.s.), after 23 h mean suture tension reached 0.56 N, (-47.7 %, p = 0.014).
conclusionsThe aim to develop an implantable miniaturized sensor device registering long-term suture tension dynamics was achieved. The use in the animal experiment was feasible and safe. We observed a loss of almost 50 % of suture tension 23 h after fascial closure. This could mean that up to 50 % of initial suture tension may be an unnecessary surplus not contributing to tissue stability but to the risk of suture failure.
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