Nonabsorbable Barbed Sutures for Diastasis Recti. A Useful Device with Unexpected Risk: Two Case Reports

The introduction of nonabsorbable barbed sutures in plastic surgery has allowed the achievement of significant results in terms of efficacy and short- and long-term outcomes. However, a nonabsorbable material with no antibacterial coating could act as a substrate for subclinical bacterial colonizati...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Giorgi, Veronica Ponti, Filippo Boriani, Andrea Margara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Series:Archives of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-2181-8382