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4.
Tissue reactivity and suture handling
characteristics of “jimat” against silk and chromic gut in cat
thigh muscle: A comparative study - Tilahun Bekele, A.
P. Bhokre and Abreha Tesfaye
Veterinary World, 8(8): 958-969
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2015.958-969
Tilahun
Bekele:
School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and
Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, P. O. Box 307, Jimma,
Ethiopia; bekele.tilahun2@gmail.com
A. P.
Bhokre:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Mekelle University, P. O. Box 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia;
drbhokre@gmail.com
Abreha
Tesfaye:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Mekelle University, P. O. Box 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia;
abreha2004@yahoo.com
Received:
31-03-2015, Revised: 03-07-2015, Accepted: 12-07-2015, Published
online: 09-08-2015
Corresponding author:
Tilahun Bekele, e-mail: bekele.tilahun2@gmail.com
Citation:
Bekele T, Bhokre AP,
Tesfaye A (2015) Tissue reactivity and suture handling
characteristics of “jimat” against silk and chromic gut in cat
thigh muscle: A comparative study, Veterinary World 8(8):
958-969.
Abstract
Aim:
This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the tissue
reactivity and suture handling characteristics of chromic gut,
silk, and ‘jimat’ suture materials in cat thigh muscle.
Materials and Methods: This experimental study was conducted
from November, 2013 to April, 2014 in Kombolcha Animal Diseases
Survey, Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Kombolcha, Ethiopia. A
total of 36 local breed male cats were randomly assigned into
chromic gut, silk, and “jimat” groups of 12 cats each as A, B, and
C, respectively. The hind leg muscle biceps femoris was incised
and sutured with suture materials according to their groups. The
muscle samples with its suture were collected at six different
days interval i.e. 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 and processed
histopathologically to assess the degree of leukocytic
infiltration and fibrous and granulation tissue formation (GTF).
In addition, all suture materials were evaluated intraoperatively
about their handling characteristics, by rating the precision of
knot tying, square knot positioning, and resistance to knot
slippage. The statistical analysis was done with two-way ANOVA,
Kruskal–Wallis, and Chi-square tests.
Results: The histopathology showed that “jimat” thread
(2.4±1.2) had produced least leukocytic infiltration than chromic
gut (4.5±1.9) and silk (4.3±1.5) sutures during the study period.
Higher GTF was seen at day 3 (6 [100%]), 7 (6 [100%]) and day 14
(4 [66.7%]) in all sutures, whereas “jimat” showed significantly
(p<0.05) higher fibrous tissue formation (10 [83.3%]) than others.
Moreover, “jimat” suture had equal suture handling characteristics
(p>0.05) with both chromic gut and silk.
Conclusion: The result indicated that a
single strand “jimat” thread appears to be the most satisfactory
suture material as regards to both tissue reaction and suture
handling characteristics for skeletal muscle approximation in cats
and provided that studies on its carcinogenic effects should be
done.
Keywords: handling characteristics,
histopathology, leukocytic infiltration, sutures, thigh muscle.
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