Comparison of seven suture materials in infected wounds— An experimental study

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From the Surgical Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State Universit,y, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521. * Tutorial Fellow in the Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya. t Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 8052,l. $ Professor and Director of the Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521. 5 Professor and Director of the Surgical Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521. From a thesis submitted by the first author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree in Surgery. Research supported by Davis and Ceck Division of American Cyanamid Company and the United States Agency for International Development. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. W. V. Lumb. Submitted for publication December 7, 1973. INTRODUCTION