A rare reaction to synthetic mono-filament sutures: a report of two cases
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Radhika Bali; Hadyn K.N. Kankam; Amit Agrawal
- Source
- Journal of Perioperative Practice. 28:27-30
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Poliglecaprone 25
Breast cancer lumpectomy
Sutures
business.industry
Suture Techniques
Perioperative
Polypropylenes
Surgery
03 medical and health sciences
Medical–Surgical Nursing
Skin reaction
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Suture (anatomy)
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
medicine
Humans
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2515-7949
1750-4589
Due to their clinical advantages, synthetic mono-filament sutures are dominantly used for postoperative wound closures. We present two patients who suffered rare skin reactions to either poliglecaprone 25 or glyconate sutures, following breast cancer lumpectomy. This report aims to make perioperative practitioners and clinicians aware of reactions to sutures and possible management options.