Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Foreign body stuck to intestinal stitches in three dogs after surgery
By Milovancev, Milan et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·2004·Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Foreign body attachment to polypropylene suture material extruded into the small intestinal lumen after enteric closure in three dogs.
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Plain-English summary
Three dogs that had intestinal surgery developed signs of intestinal disease again later on. When they were examined, veterinarians found that the polypropylene suture material used to close their intestines had come loose and was causing foreign bodies to attach inside the intestines. This issue may have happened because the suture material doesn’t dissolve and was used in a continuous stitch pattern. The researchers suggest that using different types of sutures, like polydioxanone or poliglecaprone 25, could help prevent this problem in the future.
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Abstract
Three dogs in which polypropylene suture material was used to close an enteric surgery site in a continuous pattern were evaluated at a later date because of recurrence of signs of intestinal disease. Surgery in each dog revealed that the suture material had been extruded into the lumen of the intestine and acted as a site for attachment of a foreign body. The nonabsorbable nature of polypropylene and its use in a continuous pattern are possible explanations for this complication. Polydioxanone or poliglecaprone 25 may be suitable alternatives to polypropylene for use in a continuous pattern for closure of small intestinal surgery sites.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15626221/