A report of rare adverse tissue reaction to Ethilon® Nylon Suture

This report describes a rare severe tissue reaction, as demonstrated in clinical photographs, to nylon sutures and illustrates how simple immediate removal of sutures isolates the irritant stimulus and results in rapid resolution, without the risk, cost and inconvenience of antibiotic treatment.

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Autores principales: Yip, Christina, Bowen, Katie, Chew, Ben K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5844216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29593865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy037
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spelling pubmed-58442162018-03-28 A report of rare adverse tissue reaction to Ethilon® Nylon Suture Yip, Christina Bowen, Katie Chew, Ben K J Surg Case Rep Case Report This report describes a rare severe tissue reaction, as demonstrated in clinical photographs, to nylon sutures and illustrates how simple immediate removal of sutures isolates the irritant stimulus and results in rapid resolution, without the risk, cost and inconvenience of antibiotic treatment. Oxford University Press 2018-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5844216/ /pubmed/29593865 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy037 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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A report of rare adverse tissue reaction to Ethilon® Nylon Suture
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5844216/
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