Absorbable Polydioxanone (PDS) suture provides fewer wound complications than polyester (ethibond) suture in acute Tendo-Achilles rupture repair
dc.contributor.author | Baig, M N | |
dc.contributor.author | J G Galbraith, J G | |
dc.contributor.author | Yousaf, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Din, Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-04T12:12:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-04T12:12:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/622537 | |
dc.description.abstract | We prospectively studied acute Achilles tendon rupture in patients over a two 2-year period and reviewed the causes, outcome and complications. There were 53 patients included with acute Achilles rupture with minimum follow up period of 6 months. We compared the outcomes including infection rate and Boyden score between the two groups repaired by Polydioxanone and Polyester respectively. All infected cases had a suture repair using the polyester suture. The difference in the infection rate was highly significant between the 2 groups (p=0.001). All 34 patients (100%) in the PDS group had good / excellent results based on the Boyden clinical assessment. Conversely, only 16 patients 9(68.4%) had good or excellent results IN Polyester repair group. Patients treated with a non- absorbable suture (ethibond) material for repair had a higher incidence infection and worse Boyden scores than the absorbable PDS group. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Irish Medical Journal | en |
dc.subject | WOUND MANAGEMENT | en |
dc.subject | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT | en |
dc.title | Absorbable Polydioxanone (PDS) suture provides fewer wound complications than polyester (ethibond) suture in acute Tendo-Achilles rupture repair | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Irish Medical Journal | en |
dc.description.funding | No funding | en |
dc.description.province | Munster | en |
dc.description.peer-review | peer-review | en |
html.description.abstract | We prospectively studied acute Achilles tendon rupture in patients over a two 2-year period and reviewed the causes, outcome and complications. There were 53 patients included with acute Achilles rupture with minimum follow up period of 6 months. We compared the outcomes including infection rate and Boyden score between the two groups repaired by Polydioxanone and Polyester respectively. All infected cases had a suture repair using the polyester suture. The difference in the infection rate was highly significant between the 2 groups (p=0.001). All 34 patients (100%) in the PDS group had good / excellent results based on the Boyden clinical assessment. Conversely, only 16 patients 9(68.4%) had good or excellent results IN Polyester repair group. Patients treated with a non- absorbable suture (ethibond) material for repair had a higher incidence infection and worse Boyden scores than the absorbable PDS group. |