Do antibacterial-coated sutures reduce wound infection in head and neck cancer reconstruction?

Bacterial Adherence to Surgical Sutures: Can Antibacterial-Coated Sutures Reduce the Risk of Microbial Contamination?

Charles E. Edmiston, Gary R. Seabrook, Michael P. Goheen et al. · Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2006 · 229 citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +17

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for contaminated head and neck surgery

Jonas T. Johnson, Eugene N. Myers, Barbara A. Sigler et al. · The Laryngoscope · 1984 · 199 citations

Medicine, Neck Surgery, Surgery +17

<i>In Vitro</i> Antimicrobial Evaluation of Coated VICRYL* Plus Antibacterial Suture (Coated Polyglactin 910 with Triclosan) using Zone of Inhibition Assays

Stephen Rothenburger, Daniel Spangler, Shubhangi Bhende et al. · Surgical Infections · 2002 · 180 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance +14

Antibiotic coating of abdominal closure sutures and wound infection

Christoph Justinger, Mohammed R. Moussavian, Christian Schlueter et al. · Surgery · 2009 · 147 citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +16

Intraoperative Handling and Wound Healing: Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Coated VICRYL® Plus Antibacterial Suture (Coated Polyglactin 910 Suture with Triclosan) with Coated VICRYL® Suture (Coated Polyglactin 910 Suture)

Henri R. Ford, Peter Jones, Barbara A. Gaines et al. · Surgical Infections · 2005 · 144 citations

Medicine, Surgery, General Surgery +16