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Online Journal of Veterinary
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ISSN 1328-925X
Volume 22 (10):905-913, 2018.
Cyanoacrylate
glue tape versus silk suture microscopy of 10 and 15 day skin healing in sheep.
Shekho HA,
Al-Hashmi SKH, Thanoon HB*.
Department(s) of Surgery, *Pathology, College
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tikrit, Tikrit-Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Shekho HA,
Al-Hashmi, SKH, Thanoon HB., Cyanoacrylateglue tape versus silk suture microscopy of 10 and
15 day skin healing in sheep. Onl J Vet Res., 22 (10):905-913, 2018. We describe microscopy of
silk suture versus cyanoacrylate glue tape for closure of ear wounds in sheep. Ewes
under local anesthesia had right and left dorsal ears skin incised 3 cm in
length. Incisions were stitched with conventional silk suture or glued with
cyanoacrylate. Biopsies were taken for microscopy. Grossly, by days 10 and 15, in
sheep sutured with silk, we observed scars, knots and prominent wound borders,
delayed recovery and healing whereas in those treated with cyanoacrylate we
found no scar formation, relatively rapid healing and recovery, and homogenous
and symmetrical occlusions of wound borders. Microscopically, in sutured sheep by day 10 we observed polymorphonuclear and macrophage infiltrate (pus) and
fibrosis, and by day 15, acanthosis, proliferation of
connective tissue, vascularization and hypertrophy of dermis. In those treated
with cyanoacrylate glue, we observed only deposition of collagen, fibroblastosis and vascularization in dermis with few or no
inflammatory cell infiltrations. We find that cyanoacrylate provides excellent
cosmetics in tissues where there is little tension compared with non-absorbable
sutures. Authors submit images in support of their findings.
Keywords: silk suture, cyanoacrylate
glue, wound, healing, microscopy, sheep.
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