Braided absorbable sutures for traumatic wounds

摘要

During the COVID crisis we must minimise hospital attendance. To reduce appointments, ab- sorbable sutures are advocated. Dogma persists that braided absorbable sutures should not be used in trauma cases for fear of increased wound infection and poor scarring. Braided sutures have been suggested to harbour pathogens within their filaments. In laboratory studies, bacterial adherence has been found to be higher in braided than monofilament sutures, 1 correlating also with the incidence of inflammation and infection rates in a mouse model.