Bang R L, Mustafa M D
J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1989 Aug;34(4):205-7.
A prospective study of skin wound closure using polybutester (Novafil) and polypropylene was carried out in 100 elective procedures in 77 patients over a 1-year period at the Plastic Surgery Unit of Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait. In this comparative study based on clinical evaluation, particular note was made of the handling characteristics of the suture material, wound infection, healing and eventual scar in each case. The tensile strength of both sutures was comparable and the wound infection rate and wound healing characteristics in the two groups were more or less the same. Our study has shown Novafil to be a superior suture for skin wound closure because of its handling qualities, easier removal from the healed wound and because of a cosmetically better scar in a significant number of patients.
在科威特穆巴拉克·卡比尔医院整形科，对77例患者进行了100例择期手术，对使用聚丁酯（诺瓦菲尔）和聚丙烯进行皮肤伤口缝合进行了前瞻性研究，为期1年。在这项基于临床评估的对比研究中，特别记录了每种情况下缝合材料的操作特性、伤口感染、愈合情况及最终瘢痕。两种缝线的抗张强度相当，两组的伤口感染率和伤口愈合特性大致相同。我们的研究表明，诺瓦菲尔是一种用于皮肤伤口缝合的优质缝线，因为其操作性能良好，从愈合伤口中更容易拆除，而且在相当多的患者中瘢痕外观更好。
