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Cardiac Output , Animals , Aorta, Thoracic , Blood Flow Velocity , Cardiac Volume , Consciousness , Dogs , Heart Rate , Methods , Pacemaker, ArtificialABSTRACT
The effect of phenylbutazone, an anti-thrombotic agent, on the occlusion rate of knitted Dacron grafts placed in the infrarenal inferior vena cava of dogs was studied. Grafts places in dogs treated with phenylbutazone remained patent significantly longer than those in untreated animals. All the grafts in the untreated group occluded, but 2 remained patent in the treated animals.
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Blood Vessel Prosthesis , Phenylbutazone/pharmacology , Vena Cava, Inferior/surgery , Animals , Collateral Circulation/drug effects , Dogs , Fibrinolytic Agents , Histocompatibility/drug effects , Platelet Aggregation/drug effects , Polyethylene Terephthalates , Radiography , Vena Cava, Inferior/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Skin closure using continuous nylon sutures was compared with closure using interrupted nylon sutures in 105 consecutive patients undergoing laparotomy. Particular note was made of wound healing and wound infection. The incidence of wound infection was similar (3.9 per cent and 3.7 per cent respectively) and all wounds healed satisfactorily. The continuous method was quicker and cheaper.