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  • Title: [Use of absorbable suture material in dermatologic surgery].
    Author: Breuninger H, Haueisen S.
    Journal: Z Hautkr; 1985 Mar 01; 60(5):453-7. PubMed ID: 3922138.
    Abstract:
    Absorbable synthetic suture material (Vicryl, PDS) alone was used for wound closure in 1860 surgical interventions on the skin. The PDS suture is totally inert in intracutaneous tissue, and proved superior to the Vicryl suture. In combination, PDS sutures can also be used intracutaneously as well as conventionally. Additional advantages of absorbable material are the possibility of meandering and everted stitches in continuous intracutaneous sutures, no need for removal in most cases, and avoidance of intracutaneous scar dehiscences because of the good durability of the suture material.
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