Wound strength in abdominal incisions: a comparison of two continuous mass closure techniques in rats

Article Abstract:

A combination of short and long stitches using a continuous strand of thread over an incision may create a stronger wound than other suture techniques. Researchers made midline incisions down the length of the abdomens of 102 male rats. The incisions were closed using either the continuous far-near, near-far stitching technique, also known as the Smead-Jones technique, or the continuous simple mass closure technique using stitches of equal length. Rats were killed seven days after surgery, and wound strength was measured by inserting a condom in the abdomen and filling it up with water until the abdomen burst. The water pressure required to burst abdomens was greater for incisions closed with the Smead-Jones technique. Almost one third of incisions closed this way remained intact when the abdomen burst.

Methods, Surgery, Wounds and injuries, Injuries, Suturing, Abdomen, Laparotomy

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The temporal efficacy of early second-look lysis of adhesions in reducing postoperative adhesions in a murine model

Article Abstract:

Surgical removal of adhesions may be most effective when done in a specific time period after surgery. Adhesions are common at the site of an abdominal surgical scar and some doctors use laparoscopy some time after the operation to remove them. Researchers deliberately injured the uteruses of mice during surgery and then examined them again for adhesions 5, 7, 14, or 21 days later. If adhesions were found they were removed and 14 days later the animals were examined again. The rate of recurring adhesions was lowest in the animals who were examined 14 days after the injury.

Care and treatment, Adhesions

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Postoperative wound infection with Pasteurella multocida from a pet cat

Article Abstract:

The case of a 48-year-old woman is reported who had a hysterectomy to treat endometrial cancer. Six weeks later she developed an abscess at the incision site, which was treated with drainage and antibiotics. Doctors found a bacteria called Pasteurella multocida in the wound. This bacterium is normally found in the mouths of animals. She told the doctors she slept with her cats and that the cats may have licked her incision during the night.

Health aspects, Case studies, Causes of, Surgical wound infections, Domestic cats, Cats, Pasteurella infections

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