Subcuticular catgut versus polyglactin 910 in scar formation in sheep

The aim of this double blind prospective experimental study was to compare the influence of polyglactin 910 (Vicryl, Ethycon ) and plain catgut (Soficat-Plein,Braun) as subcuticular tissue sutures on wound healing and scar formation in sheep. Scar excision together with the surrounding tissue was made three months later. Scars were compared visually, photographed and examined under a light microscope. All scars were cosmetically acceptable, linearly hardly visible, aplanated and less than 1 mm in width with no difference between the parts in which plain catgut or polyglactin 910 were used. All photographs were examined by a plastic surgeon as well as by a dermatologist and they confirmed that all scars were cosmetically acceptable, hardly visible, aplanated and less than 1 mm in width. During the light microscopic examination done by the dermatologist foreign body granulomas were found in two scars where the subcuticular plain catgut was used. Concerning the plain catgut as an animal and foreign body granuloma inductor, the use of polyglactin 910 seems to be beter.

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Severe Bone Wax Foreign-Body Reaction Causing Peroneal Tendon Destruction

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association ◽

10.7547/8750-7315-105.1.74 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 105 (1) ◽

pp. 74-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nicole Allen-Wilson ◽

Richard Beatty ◽

Jonathan Sharpe

Keyword(s):

Foreign Body ◽

Cancellous Bone ◽

Microscopic Examination ◽

Foreign Body Reaction ◽

Nerve Damage ◽

Foreign Body Granuloma ◽

Orthopedic Procedures ◽

Peroneal Tendon ◽

First Case ◽

Gross Examination

Bone wax is commonly used in orthopedic procedures for the hemostatic control of cancellous bone bleeding. Herein, ordinary bone wax was used to stop bleeding intraoperatively at the site of a peroneal tubercle resection. Five months postoperatively, a symptomatic retrofibular mass was removed. Gross examination showed severe peroneal tendon destruction associated with the mass. Microscopic examination diagnosed a bone wax granuloma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of significant tendon and nerve damage resulting from a bone wax foreign-body granuloma.

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Fistulous Track Formation in the Flank Associated with Foreign Body Granuloma Formed at the Ovary Pedicle in a Dog

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Anesthesia & Surgery ◽

10.2327/jvas.36.63 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 63-68

Author(s):

Misato TOGASHI ◽

Tetsuya NAKADE ◽

Jun NAKANISHI ◽

Hiroyuki TANIYAMA ◽

Tsuyoshi KADOSAWA

Keyword(s):

Foreign Body ◽

Foreign Body Granuloma ◽

Track Formation ◽

Fistulous Track

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Foreign body granuloma simulating solid neoplasm on MR

Clinical Imaging ◽

10.1016/s0899-7071(96)00025-3 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 269-272 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Teresa J. Karcnik ◽

Levon N. Nazarian ◽

Vijay M. Rao ◽

George E. Gibbons

Keyword(s):

Foreign Body ◽

Foreign Body Granuloma

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Use of Vicryl (Polyglactin 910) Mesh to Limit Epidural Scar Formation after Laminectomy

Neurosurgery ◽

10.1227/00006123-199004000-00014 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 649-654 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Charles E. Nussbaum ◽

Joseph V. McDonald ◽

Raymond B. Baggs

Keyword(s):

Inflammatory Response ◽

Subcutaneous Fat ◽

Inflammatory Cells ◽

Scar Formation ◽

Good Survival ◽

Polyglactin 910 ◽

Chronic Inflammatory Response ◽

Fat Grafts ◽

Free Grafts ◽

Vicryl Mesh

Abstract A variety of substances have been used at laminectomy sites to prevent postoperative epidural scarring. Free grafts of autologous subcutaneous fat are commonly used both clinically and experimentally. The free fat grafts usually survive, but decrease in size by about 50%. Postoperatively, subcutaneous seroma has been observed with the use of fat grafts, as well as recurrent symptoms of neural compression by the graft that required additional operations. When compared to the use of free fat grafts after laminectomy in dogs, Vicryl mesh produced slightly more scarring, but consistently less than that observed in control animals. The Vicryl mesh was resorbed by a minimal chronic inflammatory response over about 45 days. Seven of 11 fat-grafted zones showed signs of necrosis, at times with a greater collection of inflammatory cells than that associated with the Vicryl mesh. Of the 4 fat-grafted zones that showed good survival. 2 had gross evidence of neural compression. No surgical zone treated with Vicryl mesh exhibited evidence of neural compression. In view of these results, the use of Vicryl mesh at laminectomy sites may be a safer method of limiting postoperative epidural scar formation.

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