[Results obtained using various types of suture material in laparotomy and the treatment of umbilical hernia in horses (author's transl)].

Abstract

Comparative studies were done on healing of the wound following laparotomy through the ventral wall of the abdomen (paramedian incision or in the linea alba) in seventy horses and following surgical treatment of umbilical hernia in eighty-five (young) horses, in which perlon, (chromic) catgut, stainless steel wire and polyglycollic acid were used as suture material. Though with some reserve, as the study was concerned with the comparison of findings in clinical cases in which a number of conditions may vary, it is concluded that steel wire and polyglycollic acid are preferable to perlon and (chromic) catgut in suturing the abdominal wall and hernial ring in horses.

• Authors: G E Bras, A W Kersjes
• Journal: Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde (Tijdschr Diergeneeskd) Vol. 102 Issue 16 Pg. 969-74 (Aug 15 1977) ISSN: 0040-7453 [Print] Netherlands
• Vernacular Title: Ervaringen met verschillende hechtmaterialen bij de laparotomie en de navelbreukbehandeling bij het paard.
• PMID: 888128 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Animals
• Hernia, Umbilical (surgery, veterinary)
• Horse Diseases (surgery)
• Horses
• Laparotomy
• Sutures