Open AccessBEHAVIOR OF CHROMED CATGUT AND POLYGLECAPRONE 25 SUTURES IN THE URINARY BLADDER OF RATS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO STONE FORMATION
Author(s) -
Maria de Lourdes Pessole Biondo-Simões,
Luis Martins Collaço,
Cristina Veronese,
Marlene Miranda Ribas,
Silvaegrelli Flores
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta cirúrgica brasileira
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1678-2674
pISSN - 0102-8650
DOI - 10.1590/s0102-86501998000100004
Subject(s) - fibrous joint , surgery , medicine , laparotomy , bladder stone , urinary bladder , urinary system , anatomy
In order to determine and compare the behavior of chromed catgut and polyglecaprone 25 sutures, 49 female rats anesthetized with ether were submitted to laparotomy, cystotomy and cystorrhaphy with separate stitches using catgut for group C and polyglecaprone 25 for group E. When the bladders were observed 3, 7, 15, 30 and 50 days after suture application, stone formation was observed in 6 group C animals (p = 0.0058), with two stones (one per stitch) in 3 of them. No stones were detected in group E bladders. Microscopy revealed a similar course for the healing process and crystals were observed only in group C (p = 0.0159). We conclude that: 1) the tissue behavior of chromed catgut and polyglecaprone 25 sutures is similar, 2) catgut sutures produce lithiasis in 46.15% of the bladders sutured with it up to 50 days after surgery (p = 0.0058), and 3) polyglecaprone 25 sutures do not produce lithiasis up to 50 days after surgery