Comparative Evaluation of Suture Materials and Suture Techniques for the Management of Traumatic Teat Lesions in Buffaloes

Abstract

Tiwary, R., Hoque, M., Maiti, S.K., Singh, G.R. and Kumar, N. 2006. Comparative evaluation of suture materials and suture techniques for the management of traumatic teat lesions in buffaloes. J. Appl. Anim.Res., 29: 33-36. To evaluate two suture materials and techniques in teat surgery, sixteen buffaloes with teat lesions were divided into four equal groups. Internal suturing included single layer continuous lockstitch with catgut 3-0 (group A), single layer continuous lockstitch with polyglycolic acid (PGA) 3-0 (group B), double layer simple continuous with catgut 3-0 (group C) and double layer simple continuous with PGA 3-0 (group D).Double layer simple continuous suturing with PGA reported best results followed by double layer suturing with catgut. Suture line leakage and complications were more common with single layer lockstitch patterns. Double layer suturing of teat lesions with PGA and catgut provided functional recovery of the teat, however, PGA had an edge over catgut.

Surgical management of teat avulsion in a goat using disposable skin staples

“…Frequent complications that are encountered upon conventional suturing techniques were suture line leakage and dehiscence of suture line because of the minimum suture holding capacity of the tissue. Success rate of teat surgery is mainly dependant on suture quality and effective drainage [4] . Post-operative wound dehiscence was found to be less in wounds apposed with surgical staples, when compared to conventionally sutured wounds [5] .…”