Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complication
The surgical site infection is a therapeutic challenge and requires additional interventions, prolonged treatment, and increased health-care expenditure. Superficial infections are easier to treat with debridement, regular dressing, and an appropriate antibiotic regimen. Retained and buried sutures...
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| author | Ganesh Singh Dharmshaktu Naveen Agarwal Ishwar Singh Dharmshaktu |
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| description | The surgical site infection is a therapeutic challenge and requires additional interventions, prolonged treatment, and increased health-care expenditure. Superficial infections are easier to treat with debridement, regular dressing, and an appropriate antibiotic regimen. Retained and buried sutures are an occasional source of infection and are reported in the literature. Braided nonabsorbable sutures like Ethibond may be the uncommon reason for adjacent area infection that may present later as nonhealing draining sinuses. We report one such encounter in which an adult patient with chronic nonhealing sinuses over the proximal tibia region underwent debridement to unearth embedded sutures used in previous surgery, the removal of which led to gradual recovery and healing of wounds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e8bd7db54fa4543a6cb44e302712e822023-07-21T12:44:07ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Surgical Specialties and Rural Practice2772-31432772-31512022-01-0133676910.4103/jssrp.jssrp_7_22Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complicationGanesh Singh DharmshaktuNaveen AgarwalIshwar Singh DharmshaktuThe surgical site infection is a therapeutic challenge and requires additional interventions, prolonged treatment, and increased health-care expenditure. Superficial infections are easier to treat with debridement, regular dressing, and an appropriate antibiotic regimen. Retained and buried sutures are an occasional source of infection and are reported in the literature. Braided nonabsorbable sutures like Ethibond may be the uncommon reason for adjacent area infection that may present later as nonhealing draining sinuses. We report one such encounter in which an adult patient with chronic nonhealing sinuses over the proximal tibia region underwent debridement to unearth embedded sutures used in previous surgery, the removal of which led to gradual recovery and healing of wounds.http://www.jssrp.org/article.asp?issn=2772-3143;year=2022;volume=3;issue=3;spage=67;epage=69;aulast=Dharmshaktubraided sutureethibondnonabsorbable suturesinusessurgical site infectionsutures |
| spellingShingle | Ganesh Singh Dharmshaktu Naveen Agarwal Ishwar Singh Dharmshaktu Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complication Journal of Surgical Specialties and Rural Practice braided suture ethibond nonabsorbable suture sinuses surgical site infection sutures |
| title | Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complication |
| title_full | Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complication |
| title_fullStr | Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complication |
| title_short | Ethibond suture with underlying infection – A knotty complication |
| title_sort | ethibond suture with underlying infection a knotty complication |
| topic | braided suture ethibond nonabsorbable suture sinuses surgical site infection sutures |
| url | http://www.jssrp.org/article.asp?issn=2772-3143;year=2022;volume=3;issue=3;spage=67;epage=69;aulast=Dharmshaktu |
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