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The Use of Iodized Catgut and Electrocoagulation Diathermy in Relation to the Incidence of Tumour Recurrence in Operation Wounds: An Experimental Study
Author(s) -
Stephens Frederick O.,
Lawrenson Kevin B.,
Chant Susan
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb05615.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electrocoagulation , diathermy , surgery , ligature , incidence (geometry) , fibrous joint , cauterization , optics , physics
In experiments in mice using wounds seeded with tumour cells, the effect of controlling bleedrng points by suture‐ligation with plain catgut, silk, iodine‐impregnated catgut and electrocoagulation diathermy on the incidence and subsequent development of tumours in the wounds was studied. Three types of tumour cells, carcinoma, melanoma and sarcoma, were used. With all three tumour types, the introduction of all, types of ligature material was associated with an increased incidence of tumour growth an the wounds. There was also an apparent increase of tumour growth after the use of electrocoagulation diathermy, but this apparent increase was not proven to be significant. There was a lower incidence of tumour growth after the use of both iodized catgHt arnd electrocoagulation than after the use of either plain catgut or silk.