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Polyglycolic Acid Versus Chromic Catgut in Bladder Surgery
Author(s) -
KRONBORG O.,
ØSTERGAARD A.,
STEVEN K.,
GØTRIK J. K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1978.tb03640.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystoscopy , bladder stone , surgery , bladder stones , chromic acid , urology , urinary system , chemistry
Summary— The clinical importance of calcified deposits on sutures in bladder surgery was evaluted in a blind paried randomised trial of 3/0 chromic catgut versus polyglycolic acid 3/0. Cystoscopy with photographic recording was performed 8 weeks after operation in 40 patients wihout and 8 patients with previous or present bladder stones. None had visible calcified deposits at that time and sutures were only visible in 1 patient form each of the 2 groups without bladder stones. It was concluded that neither chronmic catgut nor polyglycolic acid sutures carry any significant risk of bladder stone formation, whether infection is present or not; the conclusion includes both patients with and without previous bladder stones, but is less firm in the formar becuase of the small number of patients studied.